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Garrage Sale - Free Stuff!
Our church is having a garage sale this weekend. Well, it is not really a garage SALE, because we are not actually selling anything. Our members are bringing things to the church to give away to our neighborhood. So, I guess it would more aptly be named a "Garage Give-Away"; but that just sounds strange. Even then I haven't quite described the project accurately.
On Friday, our members will be bringing in their offerings. On Saturday our pastor, Dr. David Holder, will prayerfully dedicate all the donated items to the Lord. Then, we will set everything out on our church lawn and try to give it all away to whoever comes. Our youth will be cooking up and giving away free hot dogs! So, really our members are giving the items to the Lord and HE is distributing them as He sees fit.
I believe this is a great way to express the concept of giving to others and lending to the Lord. The church is never more like Christ than when she gives of her best with no expectations of anything in return. The great thing about it is, we don't have to wait for some church or organization to come up with the idea. We can do this every day with people we know or come across.
Let me challenge you one step further. While giving away things we don't want or need so that other people can benefit from them, is a good gesture, that is not what true Christian charity is. To give as Jesus gave, is to give, not out of our surplus, but sacrificially. We should give out of a heart of love even from possessions we would miss if we gave them away.
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