Stewardship Is A Smile

A smile costs nothing, but gives much.  It enriches those who receive, without making poorer those who give.  It takes but a moment, but the memory of it lasts forever.  None is so rich or mighty that they can get along without it, and none so poor but that they can be made rich by it.  A smile creates happiness in the home, fosters good will in business, and is the countersign of friendship.  it brings rest to the weary, cheer to the discouraged, sunshine to the sad, and it is nature's best antidote for trouble.  Yet it cannot be bought, begged, borrowed, or stolen, for it is something that is of no value to anyone until it is given away.  Some people are too tired to give you a smile.  Give them one of yours, as none needs a smile so much as the one who has no more to give.  (Author Unknown)

"Go ye also into the vineyard!" (Matt 20:4)

What farmer today would allow his hired help to spend only 3 hours per day in the harvest fields when the grain is ripe and the harvest is in danger of being lost?  How can we as church members, called into the vineyard by our Lord; give our leftover hours, time, talents, and money (very many less than 3%) to gain the harvest of souls waiting to be harvested?  Jesus said, "I gave you no program, but a calling- to be the church."  ~ Waldo J. Werning

It is our task to teach stewardship truths to increase knowledge, while it is the task of the Holy Spirit to increase belief and faith. (Author Unknown)

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