Bible in a Year:
God loves a cheerful giver.
Years ago, my wife received a small rebate from something shed purchased. It wasnt something shed expected, it just showed up in the mail. About the same time, a good friend shared with her the immense needs of women in another country, entrepreneurial-minded women trying to better themselves by way of education and business. As is often the case, however, their first barrier was financial.
My wife took that rebate and made a micro-loan to a ministry devoted to helping these women. When the loan was repaid, she simply loaned again, and again, and so far has made twenty-seven such investments. My wife enjoys many things, but theres rarely a smile as big on her face as when she receives an update on the flourishing taking place in the lives of women shes never met.
We often hear emphasis on the last word in this phraseGod loves a cheerful giver (2 Corinthians 9:7)and rightly so. But our giving has a specific quality about itit shouldnt be done reluctantly or under compulsion, and were called not to sow sparingly (vv. 67). In a word, our giving is to be cheerful. And while each of us will give a little differently, our faces are places for telling evidence of our cheer.
When did you last cheerfully give? Why do you believe God loves a cheerful giver?
Generous Father God, thank You for the joy that comes in giving from a cheer-filled heart. And thank You for the ways in which You provide abundantly for our needs.
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60 degrees today and snow tomorrow. I am well and healthy so I decided to quarantine the whole world and keep them out of my space.
Thanks for remembering and honoring our Troops, Kathy!
Greetings to all at the Canteen!
To all our military men and women, past and present,
THANK YOU
for your service!
Howdy, Kathy.
Hump Day.
Have things gone a little smoother this week?
Evening, Kathy! How are you bearing up? (I can’t imagine Alaska being under quarantine.)
How's everyone doing this morning?