Don't Cheapen It!
Generosity is a wonderful thing, I love being generous when people don't have money on them or can't afford something! What really irritates me is when others try to find excuses to do the same. Why can't we just be generous? Why does it have to be, "I guess I ate lunch at your place the other day, so I could pay for this if you want"? Why can't it be, "Hey I'll pay for it, don't worry about it!"?
I actually know a lot of nice people who were brought up believing they had to pay every last cent of generosity back, otherwise they were in debt. Don't cheapen it! It's great to be generous, and it's great to be blessed by someone's generosity! People try to complicate things, whether out of a need to justify spending money to themselves or an excuse so they appear "humble" - deep down, their hearts are in the right place, but they need to listen to their hearts and line their words up with what they really believe.
If you want to be generous, be generous! It's the way I live, and even on my limited budget I'm doing fine. I don't need an excuse to bless someone, and I don't want anything back. I'm just happy to make someone's day a little better. We need to learn there is so much value in the act of giving freely and out of love, that repayment is never considered and reason is never needed. Did Jesus need a reason to feed people, or to heal people? He simply met them at their point of need, and often did so at a fair sacrifice of time he needed for sleep or prayer!
So when you give, don't cheapen it by justifying or by doubting whether you can afford it, or by feeling obligated to give. Give because you can!
I actually know a lot of nice people who were brought up believing they had to pay every last cent of generosity back, otherwise they were in debt. Don't cheapen it! It's great to be generous, and it's great to be blessed by someone's generosity! People try to complicate things, whether out of a need to justify spending money to themselves or an excuse so they appear "humble" - deep down, their hearts are in the right place, but they need to listen to their hearts and line their words up with what they really believe.
If you want to be generous, be generous! It's the way I live, and even on my limited budget I'm doing fine. I don't need an excuse to bless someone, and I don't want anything back. I'm just happy to make someone's day a little better. We need to learn there is so much value in the act of giving freely and out of love, that repayment is never considered and reason is never needed. Did Jesus need a reason to feed people, or to heal people? He simply met them at their point of need, and often did so at a fair sacrifice of time he needed for sleep or prayer!
So when you give, don't cheapen it by justifying or by doubting whether you can afford it, or by feeling obligated to give. Give because you can!
posted by Merlz at 3:53 AM
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