Generosity

I am not sure where I found this quote about generosity, but it really moved me. I desire to be completely generous and to share all that God has given me. Many of you, my friends have inspired me to give. Thank you to each one of you that gives sacrificially to me...I am so blessed!

"The generous see themselves as stewards of God’s treasures. They are not cautious in giving themselves away, for God Himself is their source of replenishment. They understand everything to be the Lord’s and thus are free to give without reservation. It’s not that they give carelessly or without thoughtfulness, nor is it that they give without consideration of need.

They are the contributors of life.

They are the true investors in the human spirit. Wherever they are, there is more. They never leave a place or a relationship having taken more than they have given, yet some how they never leave empty. In giving, they find themselves enriched. They are anomalies in the

human economy.

The takers of this world always need more. They are always hungry, always craving. The givers are unexplainably full. Those who refuse to believe in God’s economy never understand the endless flow of their resources. The takers are always looking for happiness, convinced somehow that the next thing they grab will be their source of joy.

The giver is always openhanded, yet never empty-handed. The generous have found the secret to happiness. They have found the joy of living through serving others.

When we become generous, we become like God. Every creative act of God is created not out of selfishness or self-indulgence, but out of His generosity.

We demean the nature of our God-given creativity when we use it for anything beneath His character. Creativity and generosity are to be identical sisters, always expressing and resulting in a work of beauty. Greed and ungratefulness caustically make nothing out of something; generosity and gratitude creatively make something out of nothing (see Ephesians 4:28)”