Proverbs 11:25
“A generous person will prosper; whoever refreshes others will be refreshed.”
While at a local dairy with my daughter’s family, I was blessed by the heart of my son-in-law. We watched an elderly woman approach the storefront as we came in like a whirlwind. We were all conscientious of her presence and paused to allow her to order before us.
Sweet lady, unaccompanied…I thought of the effort it took just to go out by herself and climb the steep steps all for the sweetness of ice cream.
We were all busy deciding what we wanted and herding our kids toward a final choice, and just then my son-in-law stepped up to the counter and offered to buy this stranger’s treat for her.
She took some coaxing to get her to agree to the offer. “You have your own family to pay for. I ordered a more expensive sundae!” She argued.
Through tears I managed to place an order. How precious is genuine generosity. Sweet care for a stranger. Alone.
God loves this way.
He offers to pay the cost of our sin even though He’s already got so much to attend to. And even though the price of my sin (and yours) is so costly.
How precious is the generosity of our loving Lord.
Generosity comes with a price, but the heart of the giver has predetermined that it will be worth it.
Dear One, who can you generously love today?
