The Blessing of Giving
Why is it more blessed to give than to receive?
1) Because the act itself is more salutary. The act or habit of giving forever reminds us why we were sent into the world; disperses our regard from self on others; keeps up a tender spirit, a wakeful conscience, an onward look of hope for more opportunity of good, an earnest endeavor to better society, to promote happiness, to become a blessing to the world in the largest sense.
2) To give is more blessed than to receive, because it is more Christian—more the calling of the follower and imitator of Christ.
3) To give is more blessed, as being more in accordance with the teaching of the Holy Spirit. He is the Spirit of Love.
4) Again, it is more blessed as being more like the Father Himself, who giveth us all things freely to enjoy; who gave us His own Son and through Him His unspeakable gift of the Holy Spirit. It is likeness to Him, partaking of the Divine nature by being lifted into the likeness of all His glorious attributes, that is the utmost perfection of created being.
1) Because the act itself is more salutary. The act or habit of giving forever reminds us why we were sent into the world; disperses our regard from self on others; keeps up a tender spirit, a wakeful conscience, an onward look of hope for more opportunity of good, an earnest endeavor to better society, to promote happiness, to become a blessing to the world in the largest sense.
2) To give is more blessed than to receive, because it is more Christian—more the calling of the follower and imitator of Christ.
3) To give is more blessed, as being more in accordance with the teaching of the Holy Spirit. He is the Spirit of Love.
4) Again, it is more blessed as being more like the Father Himself, who giveth us all things freely to enjoy; who gave us His own Son and through Him His unspeakable gift of the Holy Spirit. It is likeness to Him, partaking of the Divine nature by being lifted into the likeness of all His glorious attributes, that is the utmost perfection of created being.