In Giving that We Receive
" If you bestow your bread on the hungry and satisfy the afflicted; then light shall rise for you in the darkness, and the gloom shall become for you like midday; Then the Lord will guide you always and give you plenty even on the parched land " (Is. 58:10-11a). I believe it is in our nature - fallen human nature - that we try to make sure we are fed, clothed, and well before we really embark on acts of kindness and charity. It is not unnatural. In fact I think it is common. Today I met up with a former colleague of mine for lunch and while driving back she commented that she has come to realize more and more how selfish she really is. "I think there is a selfish strain in all of us. I think it is part of our human nature." Yes, there is selfishness in our human hearts. But God wants to give us a heart that can conquer that. While rebuking His disciples, Jesus said that they were thinking as human thinks and not as God thinks. Elsewhere we are...