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We’ve hopefully heard it said that it is better to give than to receive. And it would do us well to remember that He who stated that gave us His all. Yet our world is transfixed on receiving. We so often measure, even our blessings based on what we’ve received; not on the wonderful opportunities we’ve experienced in giving. We too often forget that to give in the first place, we have to realize the most wonderful things we have already received that we can then share and yes, give away. These things such as time, caring, mercy, forgiveness and most importantly love. You see God is giving abundantly to each of us who call on Him today and each day. However He gives so abundantly not so we will hoard His gifts or use them solely for or on ourselves. No, His abundant gifts come with a hope that we will souly share them with those in need, that perhaps in that sharing, some who don’t know the gift of God, receiving our shared gift from God, will, in turn, seek out God from whom all gifts come. In some way we can all give something to someone today. Let us do so and live into the blessed promise of Jesus Christ and the “better” that comes from giving.