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| THE ACT OF GIVING, by Gail Gupton |
| With Thanksgiving in the United
States fast approaching, the tradition of thanking God for blessings bestowed upon one
will be in celebration for a couple of days and then quickly forgotten. The symbolic
"horn of plenty", associated with the holiday, supposedly reminds one that God
rewards us with an abundant harvest for our laborious toil in the fields. But what about
the rest of the year? Does God quickly forget people work all year long? Does He not
continue the harvest year round? To most people He does not. To those people gratitude is
a one-day event. Ignorantly believing that thanking God for the "things" He gives us separates us from the grace of God operating on a daily basis. Throughout our web site and in these newsletters are references to supply as something we give, not something we get. With the realization that abundance is what one has to give away with no strings attached, supply constantly flows, naturally. Does not the Bible mention Jesus as saying, "I am come that ye might have life, and have it more abundantly"? The "I" of which he spoke is God within us - the Christ - the Spirit of God. For many years with our business, Video/Graphics, our greatest income came between October and December. Always, in the past and before the realization of the principle of supply, January's income was almost non-existent and the following months were often bleak. After the realization of the Principle of supply income started to balance out more. The last 2 years, not only has the holiday season been very profitable, but every month following, throughout the entire year, has been a cornucopia. Giving is the key to supply. Not giving thanks for what you have for yourself, but giving thanks for what you have to give away. That's the true meaning of Thanksgiving. Bob and I regularly give things to others. In fact, where most people save their giving to others for occasions like birthdays, anniversaries, and Christmas, we give year round - unexpectantly to the recipients, bringing untold joy where they expected it not. Like water that flows from one source and ends up elsewhere, money, things, and services of value always come from the invisible and we are in constant awe of what, and from where, things are drawn unto us. Again, giving is the Principle of Supply. And giving thanks for the blessing at Thanksgiving will be an acknowledgment of what we have to give instead of what has been given to us. This is gratitude. This is a true Thanksgiving!
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