I'm on a mission to tell the world the reason for the season. I've shared 2 videos on the theme #GIVING on my Facebook page so anyone on my page can view it. I've also shared this same message on my instagram page so you can imagine how serious I am a what this message and what it means to me.
Most of us gets so wrapped up in what we want we forget what the season is all about. I was particularly happy that our Pastor Kwame Antwi mentioned this in church today. It's quiet sad that even the church today don't know how to give and when you do give, they question your motives or don't even get any appreciation.
This happened to me yesterday at Tesco on my weekened shopping and i'm still baffled by it. So I got to the trolley and there was an Eastern European woman with possible her mum(older woman) who needed a trolley but had no change. The lady asked me for change and I said I had non but she can have a pound for the trolley. She said "Oh no she couldn't take it"but I should just help her to take the trolley out (at this point I realised the older woman getting agitated). I calmly explained to her I couldn't get out the trolley without a pound. So I insisted she takes the pound cos I had more to use.
She was still resisting but i told her it was ok and left. Minutes later I got a tap on the shoulder to have my pound back cos it wasn't needed (you can imagine my shock). Even my girls had to ask me why the lady wouldn't take the pound and to be honest I just couldn't explain to them why.......is this the sort of world we leave in now??? Where a genuine giving is not even needed? Similar thing happened when I gave a gift to someone only for them to call me and say there was no need cos they had a lot of the gift I gave......my heart suddenly sunk and to be honest in my deepest of hearts I decided not to ever give that person anything again. But honestly I have been given more and so that won't stop me from giving. I will continue to give cos my Saviour continues to give to me.
Hope this helps someone out there to give regardless...... #Tistheseasonforgiving #Bettertogivethantoreceive #Givegivegive
