dailydatewithgod

I learned the concept of giving early on in life.  The family I grew up in lived it.  I used to think we were the wayward home for all kinds of visitors, exchange students, and refugees.  It taught me in action what it meant to be caring and compassionate.  We had what we needed to live well and it was imperative to share it with others.  Rendering a place to stay with welcome arms and hearts was what these people needed more than anything.  I liked getting to know people from different cultures and languages and it made home a lively place to be at times.  I learned that rendering a space to lay one’s head or have a meal is a small way of letting someone know they matter.  Rendering is also impacted by intention.  When we are giving from our hearts without looking for something in return it is given freely.  When we are rendering from a place of obligation or guilt we are looking to be rendered something in return.  Both the same action but with different energy behind it.  When we remember that God renders exactly what we need we are able to give more freely.   If we know who we are in God’s eyes then what gets reflected back to us in the reaction of those receiving what we are rendering is not important.  In my life I have found it to be a gentle dance around learning to render without expectation and at the end of the day, it is the rendering that matters most.