GIVING WHAT WE HAVE

 

GIVING WHAT WE HAVE

I don't have

MUCH to give

From a material perspective

In this life

But I always TRY

To GIVE what I can

Toward others

At least to ENCOURAGE them=

And to try and be

A SOURCE OF HOPE

“BLESSED are you who are POOR=

For the Kingdom of GOD

IS YOURS” Luke 6:20

I have heard that

HOMELESS Christians have

Great BIG HEARTS

That they often perform

ACTS of charity for others=

And that they GIVE to others

When they themselves

Are LIVING on the streets

GIVING WHAT WE HAVE=

That is always

What TRUE Christians do

“The precepts of the LORD

Are right=GIVING joy

To the heart

The commands of the Lord

Are radiant

GIVING light to the eyes” Psalm 19:8

“A person finds joy

In GIVING an apt reply---------

And how good

Is a timely word” Proverbs 15:23

“But since you excel

In everything--------in faith-in speech-

In knowledge-in complete earnestness

And in the LOVE

We have kindled to you

See that you also

Excel in the GRACE OF GIVING” 2 Corinthians 8:7

Sometimes=people feel anger=

Resentment=and mistrust=toward

CHRISTIANS who are better off

Than them

And sometimes HOMELESS people

FEEL out of place in church

And attempt to try and HIDE

Their hopelessness

But the truth is=their GENEROSITY

EXTENDS to both other homeless people

And EVEN to those who are better off

Than them

The truth IS=we

Should all RESPOND like

The POOR WIDOW=and always

GIVE WHAT WE HAVE

I TRY to do that

Even though I don't

Have that much to give

“As JESUS looked up

He saw the rich

Putting their gifts

INTO the temple treasury

He also saw a POOR WIDOW put

IN two very small copper coins

'Truly I tell you'=he said=

'This poor widow

Has put in MORE

Than all the others

ALL these people

Gave their gifts

Out of their wealth

But she=out of her poverty

Put in ALL SHE HAD

To live on” Luke 21:1-4

ALWAYS give what you have=

And whether=you be a POOR WIDOW=

HOMELESS=or whatever=you will be

A TRUE CHRISTIAN

In Jesus' name and the name of our ALL LOVING FATHER

Robert P. Wallman

9-12-18

Ps INSPIRED by an article in LIVING FAITH MAGAZINE by Eve Tushnet

2-05-2021