At a recent gathering of men, we were having an intimate prayer time. One man asked God to help with his finances. I score real low on the spiritual gift test for mercy so I neglected his need until I saw another brother give him a check. I remember saying, “Lord, I wish I could help but I don’t have any money with me.” I reached into my pocket to make sure I had no money when I felt a bill! I asked myself, “What’s this?” I remembered that my mother-in-law had given me money for a birthday gift. I pulled that bill out and praised God that I could use this money in this special way.

Now that sounds great, but let me be transparent. I shared this blessing with my wife and she asked an important question, one that I had already wrestled. What if that $10 bill had been $100? Would I have so freely departed with it? What if it had been $1,000? Maybe I could say, “Sure, because it was a gift to me, so I would not miss it.” But isn’t everything that God gives us a gift to be given away…including God’s gift of love to you? Are you giving His love to others?

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