June 21, 2007

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    What is generosity, is it giving all that you will, or all that you can? When I think of generosity the first thing that come to mind is the story of The Widows Mite.

    Luke 21:1-4
    "And he looked up, and saw the rich men casting in their gifts into the treasury. And he saw also a certain poor widow casting in thither two mites and he said, Of the truth I say unto you, That this poor widow hath cast in more than they all: For all these have of their abundance cast in unto the offerings of God: but she of her penury hath cast in all the living that she had."

    These verses truly sum up what giving and generosity are, it is not the weight in which you give, it is simply how much you can give. The rich men gave of their excess, it was not as much as they could give, it was how much they would. But the widow, poor and kind, gave up all. What she had was not much, bit it was all that she had and all the she could give. I wonder how hard it would be in today's world to give as the widow did, for that is true generosity. We give what we will and no more, how shameful that is when compared to a poor widow. We pass by homeless on the street who shiver in the cold and very few of us hand them a blanket, can't we even spare a blanket? Yet we go home to our warm beds and sleep comfortably. God bless the man or woman who give to those lacking what they abound. If a man be hungry, feed him and teach him how to fish. If a man be cold, give him your jacket, this is generosity. I am not asking you to give up everything that you need to live, but simply, give what you can, not what you will.

    We will to do a lot, sadly it is mostly for selfish reasons and only we reap the benefits. Generosity, to me, is giving all that you can spare and asking for nothing in return but a smile... give as a child does, they have no ulterior motives, other than to love and to laugh.

    Quote of the day:
    No one is so generous as he who has nothing to give.
    -French Proverb




    Tomorrow, in the early hours of the morning, I shall be experiencing an adventure in a charter bus on the road to Washington D.C. I am quite excited. The places and things I am most looking forward to see are going to be amazing. We are going to see the Lincoln, Korean and Vietnam Memorials tomorrow, on the first day. Saturday I get to go to a baseball game, the Washington Nationals vs. Cleveland. Sunday will be amazing, we are going to the National Air and Space Museum and the Smithsonian Museum of Natural History. Sunday is the day I am looking forward to the most *smiles* I can barely contain my excitement!


    The is the hotel we will be staying at *smiles*



    These are the rooms! *smiles even bigger*



    And this is the pool *tear rolls down cheek out of pure joy*



    And this is the kind of buss we'll be leaving on *jumps up and down* YAY!!

    Now wish me luck!
    This is Far_Skies, signing off...

    ... until next time.

    Quote:
    “There are two kinds of adventurers; those who go truly hoping to find adventure and those who go secretly hoping they won't. “
    -Rabindranath Tagore

    ^^ Guess which one I am...
     
     
    Well, we got here... it's been really cool. We saw all of the memorials today, and now I have blisters on my feet! lol.. a lot of walking going on... gotta go, having a meeting in 5 minutes.
     
     



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