"frugali-TEA" BUSTED!

.........the righteous give generously (Psalm 37: 21, NIV)

Today's Commercial Appeal Baby Blues cartoon gave an example of frugal, that spoke to my economically sparing heart.

"Market price" means we've wandered into the wrong restaurant." 

I tend to sip from the melmac cup of frugali-TEA. My kids say I can easily wander into the "cheap domain." Even friend Terry P. asked me if I had Scotch blood in my veins. I do admit that I watch my pennies and I don't like waste. A "repair rather than replace" mentality.

Granted, frugality, in and of itself, can become an idol of its own. Sort of like a shopping martyr persona. On sale or with a coupon or NOTHING. More frugal to a fault than generous to a fault, maybe?

I don't want a "stingy" mentality----I want to give generously. I hope that's why I'm careful with my money.  I rationalize that I practice the frugal life so that I can give. Yet, if that's not what others perceive then obviously there's a problem here. A"trust" issue? Pride?

May I daily sip the cuppa God has for me---whether it's a cuppa generosi-TEA, sipped & served to others spontaneously or the cuppa frugali-TEA that allows me to give generously to others in a God-directed "measured way."

Generosi-TEA---from a God-filled heart.

GENEROUS??

10/6/12 ARE YOU GENEROUS? That's today's question. A YES to generosity is also God's answer to all of us. His generosity first gave us physical life and then through His Son gave us life everlasting.

Yesterday, daughter, Molly, gave me a gift that touched my heart----small pumpkins. A perfect seasonal gift for a librarian, who in small ways likes home decor to reflect time changes in a "frost on the pumpkins" sort of way. Molly had made them out of pages from "classic literature"--a tattered Jane Eyre found at a garage sale. A small act to some, but a BIG act of generosity to me.

God's word in Deuteronomy 15:4-6 reminds us that "God gives us a rich inheritance, richly blessing us as we are following His commands so that there will be no need for spiritually poor among us."

Whenever God's people live God's way, generosity abounds. (God Tube, 10/6/12)