BEING GENEROUS

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So you are really generous are you?

I wish I were.

Why, you probably donate some out of every pay 

check you get.  I do.  But I am not truly generous.

Have you ever thought about how God looks at our

giving?  One time Jesus Christ was in the temple 

with his disciples watching the rich people put in 

their large donations.  Then a poor widow came and

put in two small copper coins.  He told his disciples;

"...this poor widow put in more than all of them; for

they all out of their surplus put into the offering; but

she out of her poverty put in all that she had to live

on." (Luke 21:4 NASB)

This reminds me of an incident in the founding of 

the "Yoido Full Gospel "Church" in South Korea.

As far as I know it is still considered the largest

Church in the world.  It has a membership that is

close to 800,000 members now.

The founder of the Church, David Yonggi Cho in

his book "The Fourth Dimension" [Get a copy, it

is an inspiring book.] tells us how when they went

into their first big building program they were going

broke and the whole thing was about to go into 

bankruptcy.

I suppose it was in a meeting of the Church and

the problem being addressed when a poor old 

Korean woman who only owned the cloths on

her back and; a plate to eat off of with a few

eating utensils offered to sell them for money

to help the Church.  They of course refused 

because she would not even have a way to eat.

The old lady insisted.  She told them that Jesus

Christ had died for her and the least she could

do was offer her plate and utensils.  She would

just eat off of a piece of paper with her hands.

A business man was present who's heart was

touched by this offer.  If I remember correctly

he offered something like $2,500.00 for the plate.

And this became the turning point with people

taking to heart the need and began to give.

A poor old Korean woman because of her 

love for God who died for her was willing 

to eat off of piece paper so God's work could

go on.  It resulted in the largest Church in the

world.