Vol. 36 No. 30 - I AM the Witness - July 25, 1993
I AM the Witness
Tithe Joyfully with Nonattachment
Dear Mother,
When I became a communicant in 1989, I could not tithe for quite a while because I was not working. When I started my business in 1993, I decided to put tithing to the test and prove it. And I decided that I would definitely make it a joyful event!
I had a box on my desk and every day if I made money I would put 10 percent in the box and give a big thank-you to the Masters with joy. After three weeks, I received an unexpected birthday greeting from my ex-husband. Up to that point, my tithing had been very little. I was just starting in business and had tithed perhaps $60. But what God returned to me was much more than tenfold. My ex-husband sent me fourteen checks of $700 each–one check a month for the next fourteen months. That’s $9,800!
It was a lot of money, and I needed it. It happened to match the amount I owed for rent and utilities every month. I am a leader of a Study Group, and I got my rent free! It was beautiful! It was really so perfect for me.
My ex-husband had never given me alimony. He had seldom given me a birthday present. (In fact, I didn’t even know he remembered my birthday.) He was never really a big spender or a big giver, and he didn’t explain this unexpected gift. He just wrote, “Here it is! Happy birthday!” That was it. Then he added: “If you need more, just let me know.”
I just couldn’t believe it. Since I am friendly with him, I called him and said, “What’s happening?” He said, “Well, this month for some reason I started to think and my thoughts are that I have too much. I have enough, and you don’t have enough. So this is for you and if you need more, I will give more.”
So I would like to encourage others to prove the law of the tithe. As it says in Malachi, “Bring ye all the tithes into the storehouse...and prove me now herewith, saith the Lord of hosts, if I will not open you the windows of heaven and pour you out a blessing that there shall not be room enough to receive it.”
When I started to tithe, it was with joy but with little faith, hoping to prove that God’s words in the Bible were right. Now when I tithe, it is with gratitude and complete faith, knowing with certainty that God will bless my humble contribution in unexpected ways and beyond my expectations. I believe the key is to tithe joyfully and with nonattachment.
El Morya’s Chalice
Dear Mother,
Right before I saw you this evening up at the Ranch Headquarters tree farm I was thanking El Morya for the opportunity to be in this Community, for everything that I do have, for being able to raise my child here, and for all of the blessings that God has poured out to me while serving on staff. I wished that you would walk by so that I could tell you the very same thing that I had just been telling El Morya and show you my son, whom I am so proud of.
Well, you did walk by within five minutes of my communion with El Morya and you called me over to show you my son, who was with me. In my joy at seeing you (and now to my amazement in hindsight), I neglected to say to you what moments earlier I wished I could have. I hope that this letter will suffice to make up for my golden opportunity missed to express to you my gratitude.
I am the witness to your love for all of us and our children, and to your being El Morya’s chalice.
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