Tithing

[Dewjunkie]

We are continually amazed by tithing. When we first began tithing, we had a 10 month old and a second on the way. We had a very large amount of bills, and were struggling just to make the ends meet. It was a large step of faith to start tithing, but in a matter of weeks we began to see a difference. I can't explain it, nor do I try. I just know that life has been better since we started tithing. It feels good to give back to God, and horrible when we miss a week. Prior to our accident last June, we had actually paid off all of our debt (Praise God!). We have a lot of medical bills from our accident, and my wife lost a lot of income because of her disability. For a while things got tight again, and we missed a few weeks of tithing. We felt horrible, and once we began to give faithfully again, the bills were taken care of again. God truly is amazing.

A lot of good points have been made about the motivation for your tithing. If it is simply to see how much more you can get, or to show off how much you get paid, then you should just go ahead and keep the 10%, because it's done in vain. The Lord loves a cheerful giver, so grumbling about how much could be bought with the tithe money negates any value of the tithing.

I love tithing, because I know I am returning only a small portion of what God has given me. I thank him for the opportunity to tithe.

 

[Outspoken]

"I can't explain it, nor do I try. "

Hehehe...For as much as I love to talk about theology and God this pretty much sums up my stance on God all together

Like the song goes.., "there's a bigger picture you can't see. You don't have to change the world to trust in me. I'm your creator and I'm working out my plan, and though you I will show then, I AM."