Giving 10 November 2013
Happy holidays po sa inyong lahat its december!
Hopefully our families and relatives back home were able to survive Yolanda's visit
Some of my relatives in bohol are still staying on tents outside their houses due to earthquake the last 2 weeks and here comes Yolanda so excited to visit.
I would like to share about our attitude towards giving or even extending help to the needy specially these days na a lot of people would really need some financial assistance back home.
Illustration
A son in law being ask for a gift by his mother in law (the 2 doesnt get along well)
One november morning the mother in law asked his son in law on what gift would she be receiving on christmas. The son in law replied I will think about it.
The son in law really had a hard time finding a gift for his mother in law
So the son in law decided to give his mother in law a memorial plan as a gift.
On christmas day he presented his gift to his mother in law and was quite happy about it.
Then come november on the following year the mother in law asked again the son in law on what would she be receiving as a gift on christmas. The son in law annoyed by his mother in law replied "you haven't use yet my gift for you last year and now you were asking for another gift?"
So what's the moral lesson of the story?
In our own lives if we give something to God it should be coming from our heart and its should be sincere.
maybe there is a point in our lives that we are not at peace with God and giving something to the Lord becomes a burden instead of doing it wholeheartedly.
2 Corinthians 9:7 (#4 of 15 Bible Verses about Giving)
7 Each man should give what he has decided in his heart to give, not reluctantly or under compulsion, for God loves a cheerful giver.
7 Each man should give what he has decided in his heart to give, not reluctantly or under compulsion, for God loves a cheerful giver.
Our service is our gift to the Lord
Let us pray
References
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