“Those who live to bless others will have blessings heaped upon them, and the one who pours out his life to pour out blessings will be saturated with favor.”
Proverbs 11:25 TPT
Being generous with your time, favour, money, your smile, your voice pays dividends. As you live as a fountain of love you will be loved.
Withholding what you have in fear of running out causes you to lose even what you have. I find the more I give the greater the stretch is available with my finance.
I have given and given some more. Yesterday, as my flatmates and I were at table I looked out our front window and a man came carrying two large mats. One was the exact colour I loved. I had planned, for a long time, to buy a large mat for the lounge room as the floor has a thin vinyl cover on it and winter here is cold. We have Bible study here often and I wanted my guests to be warm, and us also. I asked one of the girls to run out and ask the man ‘kati ho?’ (How much). I went out to see the man unravelling the mat on the carport floor to show its design. I liked what I saw and asked Monika (my flatmates) how much does he want. She told me and then I asked what should we offer? She told me and we did. The man accepted. What is amazing is it in only 2,000R dearer than a much smaller mat I bought when we first came to live here. (1,000R equates to around $10AU) This was an unexpected blessing! The seller was also happy!
The stretch had just happened in my finances and I knew I could afford the blessing. It makes us so smile when we come into the room.
We are now praying how we can be a blessing to our neighbours as we approach Christmas. Lord guide us! Amen!
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