Lonnie's sharing and invitations to share faith walks
Wednesday, December 17, 2008
#15 - Generosity.
"Grant that my children, grandchildren - family - may be generous and willing to share, and so lay up treasure for themselves as a firm foundation for the coming age" (1 Tim. 6:18-19)
Yes! If only the Spirit of Christmas could last all year long. The Spirit of Christmas is a Spirit of generosity, a Spirit of love, a Spirit of sharing with those less fortunate. By golly, I think the Spirit of Christmas must be the Holy Spirit. WHAT DO YOU THINK?
Each of us has something to offer. We can give our money and our time to charity, be a friend to someone who is sick or lonely, do volunteer work, or be a peacemaker, teacher or minister. We may give unselfishly of our time to our spouse, children or parents. We may choose a service-oriented occupation, or we may just do our everyday jobs with integrity and respect for others.
It would seem that the more we give to others, the poorer we become, but just the opposite is true! Service to others brings meaning and fulfillment to our lives in a way that wealth, power, possessions and self-centered pursuits can never match. As Jesus said,
For if you give, you will get! Your gift will return to you in full and overflowing measure, pressed down, shaken together to make room for more, and running over. Whatever measure you use to give -- large or small -- will be used to measure what is given back to you." (TLB, Luke 6:38)
3 comments:
Yes! If only the Spirit of Christmas could last all year long. The Spirit of Christmas is a Spirit of generosity, a Spirit of love, a Spirit of sharing with those less fortunate. By golly, I think the Spirit of Christmas must be the Holy Spirit. WHAT DO YOU THINK?
By golly, by gosh - I'd say you are right! Never really thought of that before. Maybe that's why Christmas always feels so good?
Each of us has something to offer. We can give our money and our time to charity, be a friend to someone who is sick or lonely, do volunteer work, or be a peacemaker, teacher or minister. We may give unselfishly of our time to our spouse, children or parents. We may choose a service-oriented occupation, or we may just do our everyday jobs with integrity and respect for others.
It would seem that the more we give to others, the poorer we become, but just the opposite is true! Service to others brings meaning and fulfillment to our lives in a way that wealth, power, possessions and self-centered pursuits can never match. As Jesus said,
For if you give, you will get! Your gift will return to you in full and overflowing measure, pressed down, shaken together to make room for more, and running over. Whatever measure you use to give -- large or small -- will be used to measure what is given back to you." (TLB, Luke 6:38)
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