by Durrell Watkins
“Often we hear someone say, ‘I will do it when my ship comes in.’ And I always like to ask, ‘Did you send one out?’ In other words, as you give, you receive; as you serve, you benefit.” Irwin Gregg
We are already well into autumn. Soon, the Liturgical Year will begin again with Advent and not longer after that there will be the Season of Lent. Advent and Lent both remind us about service, stewardship, worship, and daily prayer. But the truth is those disciplines benefit us year round! When we volunteer for ministries or social service, when we contribute generously and consistently to the place where our spirituality is nourished, when we give to other good causes, when we gather with others for a shared experience of worship, and when we enter into the Silence each day to commune with the God of our understanding, we are sowing seeds of love and hope, and those seeds are bound to take root and return to us an abundant harvest of fulfillment and joy. As we give, we receive. As we serve, we benefit.
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