Knights Becoming and a Lady in Waiting

What is My Tithe?

The title for this entry started out as "What is a tithe?" before I realized that this is one of those subjects where I can't come out pitching the ball to others-- I'm still looking for the lost ball in the grass when it comes to me and tithing.

I was reading an article from Back to the Bible [Back to the Bible Connection, December 2006/ January 2007, pp 1-2] about Bible reading when I came across a part about how much time you should spend reading the Bible.  Based on strict tithing, you should read the Bible for 2 hours and 24 minutes each day.  The article says that seems a bit unrealistic, so why not take out the time spent at work and asleep-- roughly 16 of those 24 hours-- and tithe off the 8 hours remaining, or 48 minutes a day.  In fact, why not just round it down to 45 minutes for the sake of easy remembering.

For some reason, this disturbed me greatly.  No wonder so many people don't read their Bible more than 7 minutes a day!  If you can justify down to 45 minutes from 144 minutes, then it's easy to trim a few more edges and whittle it down to where 7 minutes a day seems pretty reasonable.  Just before I became completely self-righteous, I recalled I hadn't even opened my Bible yesterday.  Maybe 45 minutes was a good place to start.

Self-recriminations aside, I started wondering about tithing.  I mean, we all know we should do it, but is it just  money?  Is it really ten percent?  Why do we do it?  Where does the money go?

Over the next little bit (depending on how much time I get to blog), I'm going to look at this issue as it relates to ME.  It may also relate to you, but I would encourage you to look over the Scriptures yourself and pray about what your response to this issue should be.  Look for other "What is My Tithe?" entries in the future.  Right now, I need to start on those 45 minutes.

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8:48 AM, Dec. 3, 2006 .. Posted by maureenmichele

Oh, honey -- you sound just like me! You're pondering the same things I've been thinking about, going through the same processes! I sure will be interested in what you find!

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12:32 PM, Dec. 23, 2006 .. Posted by OurHomeSweetHomeschool

Stopping by to wish you and yours a Merry Christmas. I pray that you have a happy, healthy and safe week and that the new year will bring a deeper revelation of Jesus Christ as your Savior and Lord.

Blessings,
Theresa