Generous God; Grateful Girl

Generous God; Grateful Girl

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Restore to me the joy of Your salvation,

And uphold me by Your generous Spirit.

Psalm 51:12 New King James Version

The God of Abundance

My God is a generous God; it’s just who He is. When you view the wonderful world He has made, you see His giving spirit everywhere. For example, He could have made one kind of flower; but He made thousands. (According to Alexa, there are 400,000 flowering plant species.) He might have made all things beige; but instead gave us color. After all, the rainbow was His idea!

Apples could have been our only fruit; but look how many varieties He made! (Quora tells us there is up to 2,000 edible plants and fruits.)

He could dole out one blessing to each human. Instead; Psalm 23 tells us our cup overflows with blessing.

You prepare a feast for me

    in the presence of my enemies.

You honor me by anointing my head with oil.

    My cup overflows with blessings.

Psalm 23:5 New Living Translation

The ultimate proof of His generosity is that He gave the most precious thing He had, His Son, to redeem humanity.

I am beyond grateful.

Give What You Need

The Word also tells us that those of us who are generous will prosper. Think of it as a recipe for success. If you help others, you will be helped. It is the law of sowing and reaping and the Apostle Paul tells us in 2 Corinthians 9:6 our reaping depends on how much we sow.

Give what you need and be generous about it. It will come back to you; and then you will have more to give – a never ending cycle of abundance. You need love? Give love away! You will reap more than you can ever imagine.

The generous will prosper;

those who refresh others will themselves be refreshed.

Proverbs 11:25 New Living Translation

This post was written in response to the prompt “generous,” provided by the community at Five Minute Friday. We free write for 5 minutes on the week’s prompt and then share.

In the interest of full disclosure, I wrote my post on Friday in 5 minutes; but the headings, scriptures and graphics took longer and so I am posting on Saturday.

I’m also sharing at Grace & Truth, Inspire Me Monday, Remember Me Monday, Tell His Story, InstaEncouragements Link-Up, Let’s Have Coffee, Tune In Thursday, Grace at Home

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