One of the greatest rewards
that a person can receive from giving a gift to someone else, is that of the
personal growth provided by the giving of the gift of love. This includes growth in
the mental, emotional and spiritual realms. This can also lead to healing,
health and wholeness, in the physical realm.
Are there spiritual rewards for
giving or is this just a figment of the imagination, something that makes the
giver feel good?
Giving to others is something
that we all do, often not realizing that it is what we are doing. We receive gifts from others. Most of the time, we do not pay a lot of
attention to giving and receiving or see it as being associated with
a spiritual reward for giving. It is just something that we do instinctively,
partly because it is the right thing to do, at that particular moment in time
Perhaps we give because
we can give or simply desire to do so. We often give out of our abundance
and sometimes, even out of our own shortage, lack or poverty, when led to do
so.
Looking more closely at the act
of giving with respect to spiritual insights or in terms of spiritual rewards
associated with giving, one finds that giving takes on a far higher
meaning and often touches a deeper sense of our inner being, when it
involves love.
We all love to give and to
receive gifts, especially those gifts that are unanticipated, or
unexpected.
Giving in order to receive
is frowned upon, as the true giver does not expect or anticipate
receiving a reward of any kind. No reward should be associated with the
giving of a gift. Neither does the true giver demand payment of any kind from
the recipient, in return for a gift.
A true gift is a gift that is
freely given.
Within the Biblical context,
a gift takes on the expression of love, even love in its highest manifestation.
There is a multitude of spiritual gifts that are freely given to us, if and
when, we are open to receive them.
Monetary gifts may
be needed by others; the same is true of material gifts. As an
expression of mercy, compassion and kindness, we give gifts that
otherwise, we may not be inclined to give.
Do we expect a reward for
giving gifts to others?
Should we expect to be
rewarded, when it is within our power to give?
Invariably, we will be rewarded
in some way, sometimes in a way that we least expect. The giving of a gift
may result in a person never being repaid for the giving of that gift. But, it
can go the other way, when someone pays a gift forward by giving to someone
else, instead of re-paying the original giver.
In order to discover and
experience the rewards associated with giving, start giving. Be aware that
gifts have a way of multiplying ten-fold or even a hundred-fold. There is also
a boomerang effect, as they often come back to the giver.
Be open to receive and as you
receive, give more. You will be amazed at the rewards that
you receive.
The ultimate reward is the
personal growth provided by the gift of love.
"God is Love."
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