I was reading this verse in my Bible and wanted to share it with you.
2 Corinthians 12:8
And God is able to make all grace abound toward you; that you, always having all sufficiency in all things, may abound to every good work.
Our lives our to be categorized by good works. Not that works save. But good works back up what you believe. And God wants us to abound in good works (of which giving - see context of verse - would be a part). The cool thing is, He also gives us promises. So if you are feeling hopeless about this whole abounding in good works when life is just so frustrating some times, look at the rest of the verse. Promise #1 - God is able to give us an abundance of grace. That alone is pretty special. But we also have Promise #2 - We have the sufficiency we need for everything. If you are remembering back, Paul just emphasized that a couple chapters back in Chapter 3:5. My sufficiency is of God, not mine own. That's how we have all the needed sufficiency. Because God's giving it to us. Pretty cool, huh!
