Generous - a Christian perspective
Generosity and charity are characteristics of a Christian life. Someone who puts those ideals into practice will prosper, while those who live selfishly will not.
http://biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Proverbs%2011:25&version=NIV

"Prosper" in the Bible: Jeremiah 29:11
These words of comfort were originally spoken to the Israelites living in exile in Babylon. God assured them that despite their present difficulties, He had plans for them--plans for them to prosper and be restored. We don't share that historical context, but God's promise remains: He knows of our struggles and is working to help us prosper, even when we can't see it. 


2 Corinthians 9:6-8

New International Version (NIV)

Generosity Encouraged

⁶ Remember this: Whoever sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and whoever sows generously will also reap generously. ⁷ Each of you should give what you have decided in your heart to give, not reluctantly or under compulsion, for God loves a cheerful giver. ⁸ And God is able to bless you abundantly, so that in all things at all times, having all that you need, you will abound in every good work.

My day after - Sept 25

I have sun on the inside.

It is a sunny day on the friend Evan's birthday and the day after my Mommy's birthday.

I am feeling the anticipation of a tremendous blessing.
I listened to Rev  Charles Stanley indicate that we should proclaim our prayers to God, cry out to him in our need.
I listed to Joyce Meyers continue to water that plant of putting on the armor of faith without letting any doubt sway us.
then I hear some bad news.
Then my boss mentions doing more in the office.

I don't know I feel that God is paving a road for me.

Jeremiah 29:10-12

New Living Translation (NLT)

¹⁰ This is what the Lord says: “You will be in Babylon for seventy years. But then I will come and do for you all the good things I have promised, and I will bring you home again. ¹¹ For I know the plans I have for you,” says the Lord. “They are plans for good and not for disaster, to give you a future and a hope. ¹² In those days when you pray, I will listen.


My reflections:  I have realized that I so often concentrate on what is going on outside and  so lost that the peace that should be inside just isn't.  funny is that I found reference to verse 11 above; decided to look at the passage a little before and a little after and God brought me to tears -- as I read this is what I heard from my God, my Deliverer:

Rhonda, I know the desert that you walked through, I know the pain that you suffered, AND NOW I want you to know that I have plans for you.  My plans are more than you think or realize - just come to me in prayer and I will hear you and I will listen.
tears... God is so good, the promises that we are brought to are just wow.  It DOES NOT MATTER, what the people around me do, I have a responsibility to please my God.  To do the best job I CAN DO, so that others can see the God working in me.  I can not be them and they can not be me, they should not even be expected to be me.  I am an individual - I should not look for others to reciprocate my action, instead just be secure in pushing me to the limits that God has provided.

I realize that I am in such a better place.  10 - 11 years ago I was praying for a different outlook; to keep a job; to stop getting fired;  TODAY, I sit in an office that faces an amazing testament to art - the Statue of Liberty.  I sit in an office that they are not trying to remove me from;  I may be able to do more and have the knowledge for a higher paying job, but now I am safe. I have time to hear God.  I am married. Yeah, married.  My nephew lives with me.  My son is home and he eats full meals if he chooses - I keep food in the house.  In striving I must take a break from time to time and just count the blessings of where I am at.

Blessed by the name of My Lord, My Rock, My Savior.