One Tenth

Thursday, April 26, 2018

Once upon a time there was a young girl who learned very early that it was important to give the Lord a tenth of whatever she earned. When she started babysitting she kept a careful record of how much she made so that she could tithe it to the church. Later when she got a "real" job in the community, she continued to diligently tithe what she made.

One day her mother got a call from their pastor who was quite puzzled about a check the church had received in the mail. It was from this young woman, now a college student, and was for an odd amount of money -- and a larger sum than the pastor would have expected. "It's actually not surprising at all," her mother said. "She just received a scholarship check and this is the tithe amount."  

Later still the young woman, now a newlywed, surveyed the budget with her husband. "I don't see how we can afford to tithe this month," he said. "We can't afford NOT to," was her response. And from that day forward she and her husband and later their children and their children's children all gave the Lord a tenth of what they made. 

LORD, help us to recognize that you are the source of our prosperity. You provide everything that we need. And it is an act of faith for us to give a tenth of that income back to your ministry. Help us to be diligent and to be cheerful in so giving.

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