In Giving We Receive
In New York City during the Depression years, a little boy of ten was standing before a shoe store, barefoot, peering through the window, and shivering with cold. A lady approached the boy and said, "My little fellow, why are you looking so earnestly in that window?"
"I was asking God to give me a pair of shoes," was his answer.
The lady took the boy by the hand and went into the store. After washing and drying his feet, she tucked them into a pair of socks and bought him a pair of shoes. As she turned to go, the incredulous boy caught her by the hand, and looking up at her with tears in his eyes, he asked:
"Are you God's Wife?"
No question, life is hard. But sometimes we lose sight of the truth that God is good, that it is in His nature to give. We can experience His goodness by thanking Him for it, and by reflecting His giving nature to others.
God, You have made my life so good. Help me to bring some of Your goodness into the lives of others.