Three cheers for generosity
Two of our kids have tutoring jobs that earn them some pocket money and keep them off the streets. Recently, a couple who often visit the church told about a project they carry out in Equator (where she’s from) every Christmastime. They prepare food baskets for poor families and distribute them in the name of Jesus.
They asked us if we wanted to participate. So I told the kids about it, thinking they’d like (all together) to offer one of the $16.00 baskets. They surprised us by springing for a basket each.
Before Wife took the money over to our friends, the kids had been talking and decided they wanted to buy five baskets. So they each chipped in a bit more and Wife delivered the cash.
A little boy attends church with his single mom. He’s 5 and loves Son 2. They didn’t make it to worship this morning, but dropped by when several of us were eating together. The boy had brought a busted up Christmas candle as a gift to Son 2, who then offered the little guy a Christmas dream gift: a ping-pong paddle, picked out, planned for, and purchased by Son 2.
So, I raise my glass and give three cheers to generosity, for it lives on. And I thank our generous God for the riches he has given us in Jesus.
They asked us if we wanted to participate. So I told the kids about it, thinking they’d like (all together) to offer one of the $16.00 baskets. They surprised us by springing for a basket each.
Before Wife took the money over to our friends, the kids had been talking and decided they wanted to buy five baskets. So they each chipped in a bit more and Wife delivered the cash.
A little boy attends church with his single mom. He’s 5 and loves Son 2. They didn’t make it to worship this morning, but dropped by when several of us were eating together. The boy had brought a busted up Christmas candle as a gift to Son 2, who then offered the little guy a Christmas dream gift: a ping-pong paddle, picked out, planned for, and purchased by Son 2.
So, I raise my glass and give three cheers to generosity, for it lives on. And I thank our generous God for the riches he has given us in Jesus.
December 24th, 2006 at 11:02 pm
Don’t we just love it when what we’ve taught and modeled all comes together and our children get it?!
December 26th, 2006 at 1:04 pm
Good job with those kids! And thanks be to God for kids like that!
December 27th, 2006 at 7:04 am
Three cheers for generosity.
Hip, hip, hooray!
Hip, hip, hooray!
Hip, hip, hooray!