To make extra spending money when I was little, my mother
crocheted doilies. I’m talking about the huge triple ruffled kind that was
stiff starched and prominently displayed all over the house. She crocheted with
tiny needles and fine thread. I have the last doily she worked on with the
needle and thread attached that she was using.
Some would say that is a silly thing to hold onto. But it’s a visible
reminder that regardless our life’s circumstances we should continue to create
and enjoy every day. She crocheted those
lovely pieces as though she would be keeping them forever, never lacking in
quality no matter that they were going to someone else’s home. She thoroughly enjoyed the very things she was
destined to give away.
Often we humans hold tightly to the things we hold dear.
Whether it’s friendship or ministry or family or hobbies or talents. They’re ours we reason. We don’t share well.
We keep things to ourselves. We’re almost miserly with our affections. Yet it is in the giving away that we find
real joy.
Oh beloved, God knows your heart. He knows you want to enjoy
the days He’s given you, but you find it hard to release the worry and the
fear. What if you give it all? What if
you forgive completely, love whole-heartedly and let Him be first? What if you
use up the talents He gave you for others? Run to Him this morning and lay it
all at His feet. He will take what you are holding back and exchange it for a
treasure trove of beauty in your life that’s meant to be shared, distributed,
given away. You can trust Him beloved, because all that you give away and in
the measure with which you give it is how He will give back to you. He says you
cannot give too much. Even in your lack, if you begin to give you will see
amazing things begin to happen. How
blessed are we to be people who can trust Him with everything? He loves you, He’s
for you and that’s all that really matters.
Luke 6:38 Give, and it will be given to you. They will pour
into your lap a good measure—pressed down, shaken together, and running over.
For by your standard of measure it will be measured to you in return.
2 Corinthians 9:6 Remember this—a farmer
who plants only a few seeds will get a small crop. But the one who plants
generously will get a generous crop.
Romans 8:32 Since He did not spare even His
own Son but gave him up for us all, won’t He also give us everything else?
Psalm 37:3 Trust in the Lord and do good. Then you will live safely in the land and
prosper.
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