10%

10%....what does this mean to you? A sale like this at a store sends most of us into a frenzy. If we are talking about effort, most of us would agree it NOT ENOUGH! But, then we mention money and our income and our minds drastically changes.

My husband and I believe that this 10% of our income is not ours...its God's. I know that this amount is debated and people try to "bargain" with themselves so that they feel better about short-changing God out of his full due. As all the pastors I know have said...God doesn't need our money! He made water into wine, don't you think he can make all he needs?

This came up between my husband and his coworkers a couple times in the last week. Some of them were complaining about being strapped for cash all the time...and then my husband mentioned what we do with that 10%. I guess you could have heard a pin drop. The consensus was that the amount is just TOO MUCH!

My husband and I started doing this from the first paycheck we recieved after our wedding. My husband had never tithes before, and was really afraid that we would "need" that money...but our belief that God will provide for our needs means that we have faith that this money he provides for us to give back to him is really NOT needed at all. Now, 2 1/2 years later, our blessings...though not always monetary...are numerous! As my husband has told me several times, he feels that we actually have more now.