Be Generous

I’d been telling a group of guys about the last time our family of four, with two in car seats, had gone camping in our economical four door sedan. Irecounted the Tetris-like “fun” of utilizing almost every cubic inch in the trunk and back seat to get our gear inside. Also, how our car seaters had walls of gear stuffed between and beside them, such that, the back doors literally burst open, launching stuff to the ground when the rear handles were merely touched upon our arrival at the campsite!

When all our laughter subsided and I mentioned we were camping again, the friend said, “You should take our minivan this weekend!” Upon confirming his sanity, we gratefully accepted, had a much more relaxing time camping, and then bought a minivan the next weekend! We did wait a little bit!

I’ve never forgotten that friend’s thoughtful generosity to me and my family which was such a blessing!  As a Christ-follower, it reminds me to respond to the generous grace of Jesus in my life by trying to being practically generous!

You know the generous grace of our Lord Jesus Christ. 

Though he was rich, yet for your sakes he became poor…   2 Corinthians 8:9