Are you someone who easily gives away money and time? If you are, then congratulations, you have already discovered the joy of giving. For the rest of us, giving can be tough—-evoking our anxiety about not having enough for ourselves or rankling against our sense of merit—-I earned this and this is mine. But the biblical story rings with the message that we need to give. And at least half of that need is our own. Giving to others reminds us that everything is a gift from God and therefore not really ours to hold on to forever. Giving-—and receiving--move us from isolation to a deep sense of c
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