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I have to admit, that due to the fact the divisions in the UK are often expressed differently, and also when you get into politics and economics, well, my brain just fries, that to be honest, I've no idea what the comparable stats are here.
What it reminded me of, though, is something I overheard several years ago and the contrast it present to something C S Lewis wrote.
What I overheard, was someone saying that Bill Gates had it right - he has so much money that he can give millions out of the interest/excess and never feel it.
C S Lewis wrote that the way to know if you were giving enough was if it stopped you from doing or having something that you wanted to do or have - giving that hurt.
It's interesting to contrast the secular vs Christian worldview.
It's also interesting to look at Mark 12v41-44
The Widow's Offering
Jesus sat down opposite the place where the offerings were put and watched the crowd putting their money into the temple treasury. Many rich people threw in large amounts. But a poor widow came and put in two very small copper coins, worth only a fraction of a penny. Calling his disciples to him, Jesus said, "I tell you the truth, this poor widow has put more into the treasury than all the others. They all gave out of their wealth; but she, out of her poverty, put in everything — all she had to live on."
When I read this, it makes me think that we in the west know very little what it really means to give.
"......for God loves a cheerful giver..." - 2 Cor 9v7
Give cheerfully, freely, sacrificially. That's the way to do it.
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