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'...whoever sows generously will also reap generously.' 2 Corinthians 9:6
So it's Saturday afternoon, you're in town and ready to throw some serious money at TopShop. You're within sight of the inviting entrance when a bearded bloke selling the Big Issue rustles his latest edition in your direction. You pause for a second, then do the right thing, handing over a crisp, clean note, with a smug sense of self-satisfaction. Your warm glow is slightly chilled when he starts feeling around his deep, empty pockets for your change. He smiles as he tells you, 'Sorry, luv, I don't seem to have any shrapnel on me'. What do you do?
a) tell him, you'll buy a copy later, once you have change from your latest purchase
b) laugh into his bearded brow, telling him it'll be a cold day in hell before you part with a tenner for a copy of a mag you'll barely skim over
c) sow generously. Tell him, 'that's alright mate, you keep the change. God bless you'
. When we sow generously, there is always a cost; if you were to part with your hard earned cash (like in option c, above), it may mean not being able to afford those 'to-die-for' jeans, but as we ditch one purchase we end up with the better buy. We buy the happiness of others and in return bless ourselves, because if we believe the word of God, 'whoever sows generously will also reap generously'.
written by Bob Gass
'...whoever sows generously will also reap generously.' 2 Corinthians 9:6
So it's Saturday afternoon, you're in town and ready to throw some serious money at TopShop. You're within sight of the inviting entrance when a bearded bloke selling the Big Issue rustles his latest edition in your direction. You pause for a second, then do the right thing, handing over a crisp, clean note, with a smug sense of self-satisfaction. Your warm glow is slightly chilled when he starts feeling around his deep, empty pockets for your change. He smiles as he tells you, 'Sorry, luv, I don't seem to have any shrapnel on me'. What do you do?
a) tell him, you'll buy a copy later, once you have change from your latest purchase
b) laugh into his bearded brow, telling him it'll be a cold day in hell before you part with a tenner for a copy of a mag you'll barely skim over
c) sow generously. Tell him, 'that's alright mate, you keep the change. God bless you'
. When we sow generously, there is always a cost; if you were to part with your hard earned cash (like in option c, above), it may mean not being able to afford those 'to-die-for' jeans, but as we ditch one purchase we end up with the better buy. We buy the happiness of others and in return bless ourselves, because if we believe the word of God, 'whoever sows generously will also reap generously'.
written by Bob Gass
