Wednesday, March 2, 2016

Important Words on Giving of Oneself

Read "The Parable of the Good Samaritan" (Luke 10:25-37).

     The only gift is a portion of thyself.
                       --Ralph Waldo Emerson

Not what we give, but what we share --
For the gift without the giver is bare;
Who gives himself with his alms feeds three --
Himself, his hungering neighbor, and me.
                                     --James Russell Lowell

Behold, I do not give lectures or a little charity,
When I give I give myself.
                                             --Walt Whitman

     You give but little when you give of your possessions. It is when you give of yourself that you truly give.
                  --Kahlil Gibran

     Prayer: O God, help us always to give of ourselves when we give to others. Keep us mindful that we are to be Your servants while we are here. Amen.
                                                                                      --Evelyn M. Gilmer (born 1923)

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