JESUS TOLD US WE MUST FORGIVE EVERYONE EVERY TIME IN ORDER TO FOLLOW HIS WAYS...HE ALSO SAID TO GIVE TO THOSE IN NEED, WIDOWS, ORPHANS, AND TEACH THE GOSPEL TO THOSE WHO HAVE NOT BEEN SAVED...MANY HAVE A HARD TIME DICERNING WHEN GIVING BECOMES ENABLING...GOD NEVER SAYS HE HAS GIVEN US ENOUGH AND HE CANNOT HELP US ANYMORE...YET WE SAY IT TO EACH OTHER ALL THE TIME..."YOU ARE USING ME", "ALL YOU DO IS TAKE TAKE TAKE", "I HAVE DONE ALL I AM GOING TO DO FOR YOU"...THERE ARE FEW HEARTS THAT DO NOT HARBOR THOSE THOUGHTS...WHERE WOULD YOU BE IF GOD ABANDONED YOU EVERY TIME YOU ASKED HIM IN PRAYER FOR HIS HELP?...DOES ANY CHRISTIAN BELIEVE YOU ONLY HAVE SO MANY PRAYERS THAT GOD WILL ANSWER?...SOME SAY YOU HAVE TO SUFFER TO GET STRONGER AND LEARN WHAT GOD WANTS OF YOU...WHAT IS IT THAT YOU HAVE THAT DOES NOT BELONG TO GOD?...IF YOU GAVE IT ALL TO A HOMELESS PERSON OR NEEDY FAMILY, WOULD JESUS BRAKE HIS PROMISE TO TAKE CARE OF ALL YOUR NEEDS?...GOD IS NOT TELLING US TO GIVE ALL OUR STUFF AWAY...HE IS SHOWING US HOW LITTLE IT WOULD COAST EACH OF US IF WE ALL SHARED JUST A LITTLE OF WHAT WE HAVE...I HAVE FOUND IN MY MINISTRY I HAVE NEVER HAD TO GIVE MORE THAN I COULD AFFORD TO HELP OTHERS...I DO NOT GET A RETURN ON MY INVESTMENT AS MOST WOULD EXPECT...I DO GET TO SEE GOD SMILE AND MY SPIRIT KNOWS I AM LOVED AND LIVING IN THE TRUTH OF JESUS...I AM NOT PERFECT...I DO HAVE CONCERNS SOMETIMES AS TO WETHER MY TIME COULD BE BETTER SPENT ELSEWHERE...SINCE WE ALL ARE EQUAL IN GOD'S EYES, REGUARDLESS OF WHERE I AM, OR WHO I AM HELPING, MY TIME IS BEING SPENT FOR THE GLORY OF GOD AND NOT WHOM I SHOULD OR SHOULDN'T HELP...WE SHOULD ALL REALIZE THE MAGNITUDE OF RESPONSIBILITY WE TAKE ON WHEN WE WALK WITH JESUS...IT IS NOT A GAME YOU CAN QUIT BECAUSE POOR YOU ARE BEING TAKEN ADVANTAGE OF...COMPARE IT TO HOW MUCH WE TAKE ADVANTAGE OF JESUS, AND WHINE WHEN HE DOES NOT JUMP TO OUR NEEDS...HE NEVER STOPS AND NEVER QUITS...REMEMBER WHO IS IN CHARGE...PERHAPS HAVING TO GIVE MORE THAN YOU WANT TO IS THE REAL TEST OF FAITH...IF YOU TAKE UP HIS CROSS TO FOLLOW HIM, KNOW IT IS A TEST OF FAITH FOR SURE...THERE IS NOTHING YOU CAN DO TO MAKE JESUS NOT LOVE YOU...CAN YOU SAY THAT ABOUT EVEN ONE PERSON?...WHEN YOU THINK YOU HAVE GIVEN MORE THAN ENOUGH, KNOW THAT GOD GAVE EVERYTHING FOR YOU...EVEN THOUGH YOU MAY CARRY HIS CROSS, HE WAS THE ONE WHO WAS NAILED TO IT...I WONDER IF THAT IS WHERE THE SAYING "GIVE TILL IT HURTS" COMES FROM...BE SAFE...DAVE...
