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Moore's Messenger - Winter 2004

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God's Arithmetic

Did you know that you can give away something which you have, and yet have more left than you had before you gave any away?  Well, it's true, and the reason for it is found in the way God works arithmetic.

Suppose you have one little smile tucked away down in your heart, and you bring it up and give it away. And then just how many do you think you'll have? Two! Yes, sir! One on your own face and one that someone gives back to you because you smiled first. Or, suppose you have a little bit of love hidden away in your life, and you go to someone who is said and lonely and give that person a little of that love. How much love will you have then? A lot more. The one to whom you give your love, will love you, and others who have been friends of the lonely one will love you, so that you will soon have a great deal more love than you gave away.

Now, so that you will remember God's arithmetic which He works in our live, take a piece of paper. How many corners has it? Four. That's right. If we subtract or take away one from four, how many do we have left? Three? Well, that is right in school arithmetic but not in God's when He is adding and subtracting smiles. A sheet of paper has four corners. If we tear off one corner, how many corners are left? One, two, three, four, five. So you see, we have more now than before we took one away.

Will you try to remember God's arithmetic, and remember -  if we share our love and our kind deeds and our smiles, that we will have more left than we had before we gave any away.

For if you give, you will get! Your gift will return to you in full and overflowing measure, pressed down, shaken together to make room for more, and running over. Whatever measure you use to give -- large or small -- will be used to measure what is given back to you." (TLB, Luke 6:38)