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Luke 6:38
“Give, and it will be given to you: good measure, pressed down, shaken together, and running over will be put into your bosom. For with the same measure you use it will be measured back to you.”

I have seen this verse many times over in my lifetime but I’ve never seen truly what it meant. Since being here in Cambodia I have seen how everything I give out; my time, money, and attention, not to mention the sacrifices I’ve made to be here instead of with my family, has been returned to me over and above all I could ask or think. I see how God has helped me to use my time wisely and as a result I seem to have more of it. I have seen how God has blessed me financially because I choose to give to my church, or to bless my friends with a cup of coffee. I have also noticed that when I gave all my attention to the children in front of me God blessed me with the attentions of my teammates when I needed help. I see that I am not without a family in fact God has blessed me with six other women who absolutely love God and love me as they would love their own sister. Every time I turn around I see blessing after blessing and I can say there is nothing I did to deserve any of it. All I did was obey, and even that with help from my Father in Heaven. It is my prayer that as I continue to live here God would help me to keep walking in His word, and His grace, and His freedom.
Application
I’ve already so many things come from my obedience but it can still be hard to keep giving of everything I have. So I will pray each day that God will fill me up so I pour out again and again to His children both young and old.

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