Becca's tithing reminds me of something one of the speakers at my old church in Iowa said.
The young missionary bragged that her parents always tithed even though they had little money. Once, she said, after paying their ten percent her parents didn't have money for children shoes but god moved someone to leave a bag of shoes outside their door. She said that this proved god took care of the needs of those who tithed. All I could think was how selfish her parents were to put the church before the needs of their family. There are people who really can't afford necessities for their children but they didn't get those shoes because her parents had a choice between tithing and buying shoes so they gave the money to the church. On purpose, they made themselves more needy then they needed to be.
The young missionary bragged that her parents always tithed even though they had little money. Once, she said, after paying their ten percent her parents didn't have money for children shoes but god moved someone to leave a bag of shoes outside their door. She said that this proved god took care of the needs of those who tithed. All I could think was how selfish her parents were to put the church before the needs of their family. There are people who really can't afford necessities for their children but they didn't get those shoes because her parents had a choice between tithing and buying shoes so they gave the money to the church. On purpose, they made themselves more needy then they needed to be.
