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Luke 6:38 - give, and it shall be given unto you... AGAPE.com
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The Joy Of Giving A young man, a student in one of the universities, was one day taking a walk with a professor, who was commonly called the students’ friend for his kindness to those who waited on his instructions. As they walked along, they saw lying in the path a pair of old shoes, which were supposed to belong to a poor man who was working in a field close by and who had nearly finished his day’s work. The student turned to the professor, saying: “Let’s play the man a trick: we will hide his shoes & hide ourselves behind the bushes & wait to see his perplexity when he cannot find them. “My young friend,” answered the professor, “we should never amuse ourselves at the expense of the poor. But you are rich, & may give yourself a much greater pleasure to this poor old man. Put a coin in each shoe, & then we will hide ourselves & watch how this affects him. The student did so and they both placed themselves behind the bushes close by. The poor man soon finished his work & came across the field to the path where he had left his coat & shoes. While putting on his coat, he slipped his foot into one of his shoes, but felt something hard, he stooped down to feel what it was and found the coin. Astonishment and wonder were seen upon his countenance. He gazed upon the coin, turned it around and looked at it again and again. He then looked around him on all sides but no person was to be seen. He now put the money into his pocket & proceeded to put on the other shoe but his surprise was doubled on finding the other coin. His feelings overcame him… he fell upon his knees, looked up to heaven and uttered aloud a fervent thanksgiving in which he spoke of his wife, sick and helpless and his children without bread, whom this timely bounty from some unknown hand would save them from perishing. The student stood there, deeply affected & his eyes filled with tears. “Now,” said the professor, are you not much better pleased than if you had played your intended trick?” The youth replied, “You have taught me a lesson which I will never forget… I feel now the truth of these words which I never understood before: “IT’S MORE BLESSED TO GIVE THAN TO RECEIVE.”
Every human feels pleasure in helping
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