My Inspiration Live a Giving Life
By William King | Email: kingwilliam189@gmail.com | image credit: families.com
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When you live a giving haps share your life, you live the best poslunch? sible life there is, but we all find ourselves in sitMaybe it’s just uations where we know your time. someone has a need that Sometimes, time we don’t think we can is more valuable meet. They may have even asked for help but we than money. Perhaps your sister just needs an enknow that we don’t have couraging word. Does enough to help them fishe need you to sit down nancially. Just let your light shine and you’re going to see mir- for twenty minutes and be a listening ear? Mayacles. You’re going to see doors open. Be an extravaThat doesn’t mean you’re be she just needs you to gant giver of what you have. empty handed. You alnod and say, “Yes, you ways have something to can.” We are never empgive. There was a young ty-handed because we boy who decided he was serve the Creator of the going to see Jesus, so that morning he packed his universe. sack lunch of five barley loaves and two fish, thinking it would take care of his hunger through the We need to have the abundant mentality of an day (John 6). extravagant giver, because when we put what we have in the hands of Jesus, no matter how great Later as he stood in a crowd of thousands watch- or small, it makes a difference. It might be holding Jesus, one of Jesus’ disciples approached him ing the door open for a stranger and saying hello. and said, “Son, I see you brought lunch, and Jesus It might be giving a bold prayer for them in the is asking for it. We have to feed all these people.” name of Jesus. I’m sure the boy thought, “Are you kidding? This is just enough for me.” Just let your light shine and you’re going to see miracles. You’re going to see doors open. Be an exNevertheless, he placed what he had in the hands travagant giver of what you have. Have the menof Jesus and that little bit of food was multiplied tality that says, “I may not have exactly what you and fed the huge crowd. You may not have exactly need today, but I have a prayer, I have a helping what someone is asking for, but do you have a hand hand, I have an encouraging word.” that you can lend? Can you give a little help, perTT 140 | FEB 15th- 21st | 2022
