Generous Heart

Goodness is about character - integrity,

honesty, kindness, generosity, moral courage,

and the like.  More than anything else,

it is about how we treat other people.

~Dennis Prager

I tried very hard to raise my three girls to be generous.  My philosophy has always been that no matter how poor you are, there is always someone who is worse off.  Even during the period when we were so poor that we were on food stamps, I would give a $1 stamp to the girls to give to someone who was hungry/homeless.  After we finally were stable financially, we never passed a red kettle at Christmas time without contributing something, even if it was only a quarter.  The same principle worked with the collection plate at church.  Even if it were just a few pennies, we always gave something.  Whether it is blankets for the homeless or food for the Chesterfield Food Bank, there are so many ways that we can be generous – even when we don’t have very much ourselves.

Generosity is about so much more than money.  There is the generosity of your time.  The blessing of your smile.  The gift of compassionate listening.  Is there someone who needs your help today?  Look for someone or something that would be blessed by your generous heart.

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We will walk with each other, we will walk hand in hand.

We will walk with each other, we will walk hand in hand.

And together we’ll spread the news that God is in our land.

And they’ll know we are Christians by our love, by our love,

Yes, they’ll know we are Christians by our love.

The Faith We Sing, No. 2223