idiot medicine

Proverbs 22:9

“Whoever has a bountiful eye will be blessed,
 for he shares his bread with the poor.”

Several years ago, my first daughter was in her high chair chomping through some gold fish crackers (no actual goldfish were harmed, though that would make for a better story).

Our opportunistic dog, a Boxer named Tex, was first enjoying eating Brooke’s dropped crumbs…then enjoying the goldfish Brooke was straight up feeding him. I’d hand her a couple of goldfish, she’d eat one, and feed one to the dog.

I wondered, why is Brooke so generous with the snack she loves?

Then it dawned on me…Brooke had no category of me running out of her supply. She was quick and happy to be generous towards Tex, because she believed my supply to be endless.

Brooke showed me “bountiful eyes”, who “shares her bread with the poor.”

My supply actually is endless. Actually, extremely endless.

But God’s is not. “God’s loves a cheerful giver.” Be generous, cheerfully.

You “will be blessed.”

God’s got your back.

Always.

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