Comments on: Living to Give http://www.passionatehomemaking.com/2008/04/living-to-give.html Loving simple, natural, and intentional living Sat, 11 Feb 2012 01:10:18 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Lindsay http://www.passionatehomemaking.com/2008/04/living-to-give.html/comment-page-1#comment-1376 Lindsay Sat, 19 Apr 2008 00:13:23 +0000 http://www.passionatehomemaking.com/?p=488#comment-1376 Heavenly Man is written by Brother Yun, edited by Paul Hathaway. An excellent and inspiring read! I added the link above. Heavenly Man is written by Brother Yun, edited by Paul Hathaway. An excellent and inspiring read! I added the link above.

]]> By: Krista http://www.passionatehomemaking.com/2008/04/living-to-give.html/comment-page-1#comment-1375 Krista Fri, 18 Apr 2008 23:43:31 +0000 http://www.passionatehomemaking.com/?p=488#comment-1375 Is Heavenly Man one of the books by Harvey Yoder? We have reallly enjoyed some of his books. They have really inspired us. And "Give until it hurts" reminds me of what Mother Theresa often said: "Love until it hurts". You asked if we should really be saving for ourselves. It reminds me of the story in the Bible, I forget where, where there was a man who had saved up a lot of grain for himself and thought that at that point he would "take his ease" and live off what he had saved for the rest of his life (retire well). And the answer from the Lord was "Thou fool, this night I take your life from you". I believe he was one who had left hungry beggars at his gate. The Bible is pretty clear (and scarey) about questions like that. We haven't and don't always do right there. We would like to do better. Is Heavenly Man one of the books by Harvey Yoder? We have reallly enjoyed some of his books. They have really inspired us.

And “Give until it hurts” reminds me of what Mother Theresa often said: “Love until it hurts”.

You asked if we should really be saving for ourselves. It reminds me of the story in the Bible, I forget where, where there was a man who had saved up a lot of grain for himself and thought that at that point he would “take his ease” and live off what he had saved for the rest of his life (retire well). And the answer from the Lord was “Thou fool, this night I take your life from you”. I believe he was one who had left hungry beggars at his gate.

The Bible is pretty clear (and scarey) about questions like that. We haven’t and don’t always do right there. We would like to do better.

]]> By: Amy Best http://www.passionatehomemaking.com/2008/04/living-to-give.html/comment-page-1#comment-1374 Amy Best Fri, 18 Apr 2008 22:25:54 +0000 http://www.passionatehomemaking.com/?p=488#comment-1374 Good stuff, thanks Lindsay. Good stuff, thanks Lindsay.

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