Life on Purpose: Giving Life, Part II
In preparing a sermon that I may or may not preach this Sunday, I’ve been doing a lot of thinking about what it means to give. We give in various ways…our time, our gifts and talents, our resources, our suggestions. The list of what we can and do give could fill up numerous pages of a book. The more and more I think about giving, the more I am convinced that giving is more about the heart and attitude than the actual act of giving. When we give, it should be motivated by love. We should be able to generously give out of joy and cheer. But, too often, we give grudgingly or out of a sense of duty or routine.
So, my question today is, what are some practical ways that we can generously give to the world around us?
The key is living open handed and realizing what the true source of all things are. We are getting ready to buy a house and moving in with three other couples from our church. When I got married, my table became “our” table. Now, it is becoming a larger version of “our”. It’s a beautiful and difficult thing, yet it’s something the gospel call us to - not living in community, per se, but living in the economy of knowing it was never “ours” in the first place. If I give money away, it’s because it was never mine.
Comment by Matt — April 18, 2007 @ 4:15 pm