While at the gym this morning, I was walking out of the locker room and stepped on something. It made a noise because of the type of floor, otherwise I probably would not have noticed it. As I glanced down I noticed it was a dime. All of us have been there at some time or another (especially in the United States). You try to decide if it is worth your time to stop and bend down to pick it up. “Its really only a dime” we tell ourselves. What good is a dime?
Often times this is how we approach generosity. We see a need, even if a small one, and we shrug it off as not being something worthy of our time. What if it was and we didn’t know it? What if a simple compliment or smile could literally change someone’s day? Is it worth it then? We can get so caught up in seeing the result of our good deeds that we forget that outcomes are out of our control.
Acts of generosity are not solely about money. We now have less than 13 hours to the end of this day and the start of another. What if we made it our goal to be generous in some way and NOT expect to see the outcome? Are we still ok with doing it? Ask God to search your heart and give you His motives, not our own.
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