Well, you know best the inward motivations as to why you tithe; I won't presume to know all that goes on there. Yet just in the little you revealed here, you twice indicate that the most prominent reason you tithe is to "be blessed for it" and "I would rather have the blessings that come".
Now I'm not saying we're not to recognize that we are indeed blessed for giving...but it's all a matter of degreed emphasis...and I twice see that you stressed that your key for giving was for what would accrue & boomerang back to you as "rebound blessings" vs. simply giving to be a blessing to others and to be used of God.
And, as we look in the larger context of Mormon living among temple Mormons, that's actually the very problem of good works at-large. If a temple Mormon is counting on their good works to grant them the privilege of living with Heavenly Father forever & becoming a god, then those very supposed "good works" become suspect even if they help others. If our motivations are to grant us self-glory in the end; those "good works" done for selfish reasons spoil inwardly like rotten apples in a barrel.
I agree that motives are important, and I can’t stop you from attributing whatever motives you want to what I do or reading into my words whatever you feel like. My point in mentioning the blessings of tithing however are in response you the portrayal of tithing as some kind of rip-off. As one who actually lives that law I know that portrayal if false.
I agree that motives are important, and I can’t stop you from attributing whatever motives you want to what I do or reading into my words whatever you feel like. My point in mentioning the blessings of tithing however are in response you the portrayal of tithing as some kind of rip-off. As one who actually lives that law I know that portrayal if false.