WISDOM NUGGET: Giving a gift can open doors; it gives access to important people!
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“People don’t want to know how much you know, until they know how much
you care,”
- John C. Maxwell
One of the most effective ways of winning
people over is through giving. Giving has the power to melt hearts, encourage the embittered and battered. Giving can encourage
people who wouldn't even be patient enough to hear a sermon.
A man bought a field next
to a farmer who had been engaged in a long-standing dispute with the former
owner about the exact boundary line between this field and his own property.
When the new owner saw the farmer near the fence one day, he greeted him with
the words, "I'm your new neighbour; and I would like to talk to you about
the boundary line between our properties." The farmer assumed a
belligerent attitude and said, "What about it?" "How much of
this field do you claim as belonging to you?" asked the new owner. "I claim that your fence is a good two feet over on my
property," replied the farmer. "Well, then, I want you to reset the
fence four feet back on my side," replied the new owner. This completely took
the fight out of the farmer and was the beginning of a new spirit of concession
on his part also. A week letter both men had become such good friends and the Christian
began to share his philosophies with his new neighbour.
Let your
giving go before you. It has the ability of opening doors and
making hearts receptive. Carson McCullers said “The closest thing to being
cared for is to care for someone else.” Giving is the most powerful expression
of care.
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