October 13–19 ❘ Tithing
Tithing
One-tenth of my interest annually
is 876 hours per year—
attention paid during meetings,
scripture study, family home evening,
ministering assignments, callings,
activities, service projects,
temple sessions—
even rounding up,
all my time spent in worship
tallies to a deficit.
Yet at annual settlement
I declare my balance paid in full,
having padded my little pile
of minutes with a heart overdrawn
in prayer, ever pestering the Lord
for more of His Spirit,
beggar that I am.
Are we not all?
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