May 30th, 2007

"For our light and momentary troubles are achieving for us an eternal glory that far outweighs them all."
- 2 Corinthians 4:17

"Giving depends on the proper attitude toward three things: toward things we possess, toward others, and toward ourselves. Take first, the attitude toward goods. Our relation to things changes once we truly understand that everything has been given to us by God. If we believe that what we have is ours because we've earned it, we'll have a hard time giving. We'll expect everybody to earn their possessions, just as we think we've earned ours."
- Miroslav Volf, "Free of Charge: Giving and Forgiving in a Culture Stripped of Grace" (p 107)