Topics:<\/b> Daily Bread; Giving; Gratitude; Provision; Thanksgiving; Tithing<\/p>\n
References:<\/b> Deuteronomy 26:1\u201311; Psalm 95:2; Luke 17:11\u201319; Acts 20:35; 2 Corinthians 8:1\u201315; 9:6\u20138; Ephesians 5:20<\/p>\n
While hurrying through Chicago\u2019s commuter train station, I had an \u201cAha!\u201d moment that stopped me in my tracks. I had just left the candy counter where I\u2019d bought Valentine\u2019s treats for a party a few of us were planning for our church\u2019s single moms. Doing so took my thoughts back to a cookout the previous summer, for which I had covered the cost. The single moms, their children, and I enjoyed a glorious day at a local sunshine-drenched beach, conversing and stuffing ourselves with burgers, chips, and the trimmings.<\/p>\n
As the afternoon ended, I sat among the moms at the picnic table as they enthusiastically divided up the leftover hot dogs, sodas, and desserts. No one thought to offer me a thing. My feelings were a little bruised. No, I didn\u2019t need the food. And most of the moms had given little thought to where the picnic spread had come from. But the slight was significant enough that I recalled it in the train station six months later.<\/p>\n
Then it hit me! How much more slighted God must feel when, as recipients of his enormous generosity, we are reluctant to share a portion of our resources with him. Just as I didn\u2019t need the potato salad, he doesn\u2019t need our money. But he does crave our acknowledgment that all we have is from him.<\/p>\n
\u2014Judy Keene, Hoffman Estates, Illinois<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Topics: Daily Bread; Giving; Gratitude; Provision; Thanksgiving; Tithing References: Deuteronomy 26:1\u201311; Psalm 95:2; Luke 17:11\u201319; Acts 20:35; 2 Corinthians 8:1\u201315; 9:6\u20138; Ephesians 5:20 While hurrying through Chicago\u2019s commuter train station, I had an \u201cAha!\u201d moment that stopped me in my tracks. I had just left the candy counter where I\u2019d bought Valentine\u2019s treats for a … Continue reading “SLIGHTING
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