We just started a series at our church about becoming a giving people. As part of that, I decided I wanted to explore, for myself, what exactly generosity means.
31 Days seemed like a great time to do that! As I have in the past, I’ll be combining my own topic with the helpful prompts of Five Minute Free Writes.
A lot of bloggers go into this series very planned. As often happens, I am not. I’m doing this to get my creativity going again and to consistently put my words out there. I felt inspired by the scripture 2 Samuel 24:24.
I will not give as a sacrifice that which costs me nothing.
Writing always costs me something. Sometimes I get something in return, but not always. Since I’m talking about generosity, I want this series to also be a worshipful experience, to sacrifice what costs me much in time, energy and creativity.
Creativity can sometimes feel as though it is giving of nothing, but it can be, in fact giving of the very core of our souls. Click To TweetI’ve also come to realize that when we hold all that we have loosely, in the process of giving them away, we will realize how little they have cost us after all. My pastor said something similar in his sermon last week.
For me to release my words into the void, especially on a subject I’m just beginning to understand, feels as though it exacts a high cost. But I hope that during the journey of the next month, I’ll realize yet another area where it is easy to be generous.
Day 2- But What If I Need It? Being Generous When it Scares Us
Day 3 – Recognizing Our Assets: How Believing the Best About Ourselves Can Make Us More Generous
Day 4 – Does It Even Matter? When What We Have to Give Feels Too Small
Day 5- When Generosity Hurts: Original Sin and Sacrificial Giving
Day 6 – Love Keeps No Record of Wrongs: Having Generous Hearts Towards Our Families
Day 7 – When We Can’t Fix It: Recognizing Generosity That Provides Hope
Day 8 – Comfort and Joy: Being Generous with Our Presence
Day 9 – Inspire Not Require: Being an Example of Generosity to My Kids
Day 10- How Do I Start? Looking for Ways to Be Generous
Day 11 – Stop the Car and Open the Door: Grabbing Moments for Spontaneous Generosity
Day 12 – When Love Is a Choice: How Generosity Can Grow My Marriage
Day 13- Words Have Power: Being Generous With Our Speech
Day 14 – Don’t be Afraid to Ask: Targeting Specific Generosity
Day 15- When I Don’t Want to Be Generous: Fighting With My Selfish Humanity
Day 16 – Being Generous with Our Prayers: The Resource That Never Runs Out
Day 17- Believe the Best First: Giving Strangers the Benefit of Our Good Opinion
Day 18 – Don’t Let Negative Experiences Steal Your Generous Heart
Day 19 – Looking and Listening: Discerning Who Needs Our Generosity
Day 20 – Without An Audience: Learning to Give in Secret
Day 21 – Where to Begin: Starting a Habit of Generosity
Day 22 – Learning to Be Helped: Accepting Generosity from Others
Day 23 – Embrace Extravagance: Pursuing Uncommon Giving
Day 24 – Simple Generosity: Little Things Matter Too
Day 25 – Capture Your Creativity: Be Generous, Create Jobs
Day 26 – Where and For Who?: Discovering What It Means to Live Generously
Day 27 – No One Is An Island: Generosity as a Tool for Spiritual Wholeness
Day 28 – Writing the Song of Our People: Building a Culture of Generosity
Day 29 – All That We Can Do Together: The Benefits of Corporate Generosity
Day 30 – Giving Voice to Our Work: Generosity as a Tool for Evangelism
Day 31 – Risk Getting Close: Generosity as a Tool for Building Intimate Relationships
What a great way to think about it, thank you for sharing your words. I will be back to read more as the month goes on.
Thanks, so glad you found me!
Thanks for reading, Maxine! I hope you enjoy the rest of the series.