What Does It Mean To Be A Giver

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Over the years, I continued to give as much of my time, money, and possessions as I could, all the while studying the bible and writing my thoughts on giving and what that meant as a Christian to be a giver. I also wrote about all the good experiences I had while giving my time. when I was 19 I started a group at my community college that made sack lunches and passed them out to homeless people on the weekends. The first year, we did it just once a month, then we went to every weekend. Eventually, we were all so dedicated , we did it year round, even when there were no classes in session. There were around 30 of us. Every Friday night, we would go to the house of one of our members listen to loud music and make the lunches. They usually consisted …show more content…

Her eyes filled with tears and she scurried away on the ground like she was afraid. She jumped up and started to run away. I called “Stop. You don’t have to run away. I just want to give you this.” She stopped and turned to me. She slowly turned around and walked back to me, took the bag, and walked away. After a few steps, she turned back to me and said, ‘Thank you. For always… thank you.” I simply replied, your welcome and then we both turned and went our separate ways. I had forgiven her long ago for the things that happened when we were children. But that was the moment she knew I had given it to …show more content…

I gave blood, I gave trees to a park, gave all of my time… Though much of it has been rewarding, there were also many times I was grossly taken advantage of. I spread myself too thin helping others to the point that I neglected to take care of myself. I trusted others that I thought were also givers, but were really takers… and lost my life savings of $45,000. I just didn’t see takers coming… I often thought to myself, I must have the word “Sucker” stamped on my forehead. When I was 40 years old, I realized that that thought was all too true. It suddenly came to me one day when I was thinking about the story of Eve in the garden talking to the serpent. If only Eve had not been deceived… but she way. Why? The reason Eve was deceived is that she revealed her weakness to the serpent. Now the serpent was more subtil than any beast of the field which the LORD God had made. And he said unto the woman, Yea, hath God said, Ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden? And the woman said unto the serpent, We may eat of the fruit of the trees of the garden: But of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the garden, God hath said, Ye shall not eat of it, neither shall ye touch it, lest ye die. And the serpent said unto the woman, Ye shall not surely

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