Giving Is Loving

PHOTOPIN: Giving

“It's not how much we give but how much love we put into giving.”
                                                                                                 ―     Mother Teresa

 

A man prayed fervently every morning, during his family’s worship, for the poor in the community, but he was never known to give anything to the poor. One morning at the conclusion of family worship, after the usual prayer had been offered for the poor and destitute, his little son said, "Father, I wish I had your corncrib." "Why, my son?" asked the father. "Why, because then I would answer your prayers for the poor myself."

It'd be nice to imitate the barber who one week noticed that there was a good increase in his business. And discovered that his competitor, another barber in the village, was ill. When the week ended, he took all that he had made above his average earnings and carried it to his competitor with love and sympathy.

True love is showing our neighbours support and kindness. We cannot claim to love God if we do otherwise.