Grace and peace to you, my sisters and brothers in Christ,

"It is more blessed to give than to receive."

These famous words are from Paul's farewell speech to the Ephesian elders in the book of Acts (20:35). Paul is quoting Jesus here.

My question is: Do we believe it? Do we believe that giving makes us more joyful and more fulfilled than getting, hoarding, collecting, etc.?

This question is not as simple as it sounds. If we really want to get to the heart of the matter, then we probably need to make a bit of an inventory of how much we have and whether or not we need it all. When we discover that we have more than we need, then the answer to this question starts to get a bit more complicated.

So how do we grow in the joy of giving? How do we learn to trust that we have enough? Let's talk about this more this weekend as we learn to walk with Jesus.

Blessings,