a broke tithe
So this morning wasn’t that different from yesterday. The difference is that I didn’t go to bed until like 4am, and I woke up to the sound of a buddy’s text message saying “he’s ready to hang out!” Praise God for good buddies!! *laughing* However, as semi-annoyed as I was at his text, it felt so good to know that I am not alone.
We all want to be loved sometime. Isn’t that the ad slogan for something!? Well, getting text messages, IMs, and myspace posts from friends definately is helping me feel loved. I think we all need to be reminded that supporting one another literally daily is the best, most Christ like thing we can do. Without the support of some of the dudes I hang out with I seriously don’t know where I would be.
With all this talk about supporting, etc., isn’t it the Christian communities job to take care of each other. I mean, I realize that life isn’t centered around us silly humans, but if we are going to be Christ in the World that means going to the poor, the downtrodden, etc. and offering a hand of compassion and love. Now, all this may be coming from my saddness of being broke as a joke right now and wishing God would send me money, but I seriously pray for the day I can have tons of money just so I can give it away. I don’t know how I will give it away, cause believe me I like having nice things, but I genuinely want to serve people and help take care of them.
Maybe I need to start by giving my tithe to the church. I have been wrestling with this lately because I have so little money. I really don’t know what I think about tithing when one is seriously breaking even each month financially. Should they still tithe? Should they go without eating some to tithe? I don’t think so, but there is something about learning to be good stewards of the money we do have and are making. Why would God want to give me millions of dollars if I can’t even handle the $1500 a month He is giving me now?
Oh well, just a thought.