Charitable Gifts on a budget

charity

• Main Entry: char·i·ty
• Pronunciation: \ˈcher-ə-tē, ˈcha-rə-\
• Function: noun
• Inflected Form(s): plural char·i·ties
• Etymology: Middle English charite, from Anglo-French charité, from Late Latin caritat-, caritas Christian love, from Latin, dearness, from carus dear; akin to Old Irish carae friend, Sanskrit kāma love
• Date: 13th century

1 : benevolent goodwill toward or love of humanity
2 a : generosity and helpfulness especially toward the needy or suffering; also : aid given to those in need b : an institution engaged in relief of the poor c : public provision for the relief of the needy
3 a : a gift for public benevolent purposes b : an institution (as a hospital) founded by such a gift
4 : lenient judgment of others

synonyms see mercy

When we Budget

We are not just budgeting our monies
On some lines if your ability to give money is hampered
As it well may be for so many in these days...
There are endless ways that you might be able to contribute to the acts that build up the world around you.

Give of your heart Prayer acts of service making a needed item If you have two shirts and you see someone with non share If one is hungry share If one is lonely too Well add a potato to the pot and sit down for a meal and give an ear.
If one is in a prison give them liberty For the prisons of man are without limits
Those of incarceration true...consequence to be sure What of the prisons
rejection by others
Mental illness
of error Hardness of heart dysfunctional relationships stuck in ways that began in wounds.
Helping them heal
now that is a priceless act
that can effect many for generations to come.



When I was a little girl (before the age of 6) my Momma would get so mad when those folk from the church would pull up feeling all good about themselves offering us the scraps from their pantry and acting beholden.
Momma would say "I don't accept charity"
We would be hungry...a single mom of 8 kids
Well I always remember this...
Some smart soul of humility figured it out how to bypass the wound to her dignity.

They were from the Salvation Army Late at night in the dark a box of food would be left in secrete.
Momma had no wound by it or shame.
We would eat well that week.
It was that momma had charity mixed up with being shamed for having a need.
She did not understand that it really was not the charity but the ego of the pride in others that she really was rejecting.

It was her dignity she was trying to hold onto.
When you are on poor times that is sometimes all you might own.

My mom would cook for the Veterans every Friday night.
This after working hard all day.
As early as I can remember
I was serving tables at the Veterans Administration Hall.
Reading BINGO numbers (a game)
That is where I learned to cook and too serve.
That is where I learned that a simple glitter covered pine cone is the world greatest treasure to a lonely man.

My Mom really knew how to offer charity.
Although she had little material substance to offer
What she did give She did so with humility.
So if ever your going to give do so in a way that you never harm an others dignity.
Go out of your way to do so.
Season your words so that they are doing you a favor.
Even accept their help if they have a offer it to you.
I often say
" I have some extra, I was wondering if you would like to take it off my hands"
or something like that.

Just cause there is nothing left over in the coffer
does not mean that there is nothing left within you.