Editorial August 5, 1985 Issue

Generous giving

BARBARA-JEAN STINSON

"God loveth a cheerful giver."^{II Cor. 9:7.} The Apostle Paul's words certainly point toward a characteristic of most Christians. People who feel God's constant lovingkindness usually reflect that love in their own attitudes toward others.

The giving that truly blesses is far more than a human (and sometimes unwise) desire to make others happy or to placate an uneasy conscience. Rather it is a giving which is impelled by our own response to divine Love's requirements. God's man, our true identity, must love because he is Love's own expression. The more we know of God as divine Love, and identify ourselves as the man of Love's creating, the more we feel the divine intelligence guiding and prompting those wise decisions that bring so much joy to us and others.

There are many ways of giving—giving of our time, giving of our supply of good, and especially giving of our prayers. What we give to others will vary with the individual and the need, but the spiritual desire to obey God and express divine Love provides the unchanging basis for giving that always produces a real benefit to others.

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