I recently came upon a view of
charity that I had never thought of:
Charity, not as good deed, but as privilege; charity as the gift of the
opportunity to contribute to ongoing life….
All the above is a prelude to a
true story….
It was a religious custom in Jewish
homes to put a coin into a charity box just before the arrival of the
Sabbath. Sam's mother usually gave him a
penny to drop into the slit. This time
she turned him down. Why? “Today you were not a good boy and you have
not earned the great honor of giving charity.”
-Sam Levenson
What a wonderful way to bring up
a child!
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