I Started Giving Instead of Gathering

Before

I lived for money and nothing else. Everything had a price for me. Friendships, decisions, time: everything was weighed as profit and loss. I reached the point where I owned what I had dreamed of, and I felt a hateful emptiness.

After

My priorities changed completely. I began giving instead of hoarding. I discovered that real joy is found in serving others. The generosity I learned from Christ filled the emptiness that material things never could.

“Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that comes from the mouth of God.”

Matthew 4:4

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