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adam

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Date Posted: 06:24:12 04/11/02 Thu

Nice Franz...but hard to hear...

Erica and I were doing fine with the whole tithe subject until we moved about to Boston. We have been wavering between churches and just recently felt like we committed to one. It is tough to give when you don't feel plugged in yet.

So I agree that we should tithe. But I am curious about the whole connection with blessing. Does that mean that if Erica and I start to give to our new church that God will give us more money? What does "blessing" mean? I don't think that I would make a one to one correlation. Can we even measure God's blessing in our lives until we live longer? It almost seems like blessing might be determined at the end of life, looking back.

Here is my little formulation of tithe blessing. It seems to me that if you are giving to a church that you are not only invested with your time but even with your money. Money is so symbolic of commitment. If you are totally committed somewhere, you are giving of yourself, which includes money.

I am a big fan of the idea that you get out as much as you put in. In this sense, if you are giving in all areas, you will be able receive more. You just care more. Your more involved. You receive "blessing" back from your church.

Here is my analogy. I don't think there is any magical element in this process of blessing. If Erica and I were to join some yacht club (which we would never do) and we were paying our annual dues, we would be more likely to go to the potlucks and regattas, or whatever yachties do. We would be invested in it, involved. If the clubhouse needed painting, we would tell someone, or do it ourselves, etc. When you are involved like that, it pays off in personal satisfaction. You feel apart of the community. Etc. etc.

So maybe one mode of "blessing" happens through the specific church that you give to. Not to deny that God will directly honor your virtue and piety.

I remember having conversations with Yeager about this...good times.

ak

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