TITHE

I want to say right off that I do not and never have given 10% of my income to the church. I am however working towards it. Although I always new about it I was always cold to the idea. And really it's a pretty good chunk of change to be giving away. Especially now the way the economy is. Who can afford to give away 10% of their income when they ain't even sure if they will have a job next week? I can see why so many churches struggle when it comes to this.

It seems to be very easy to come up with reasons for me not to tithe. But now that I'm on this journey, I feel myself looking for reasons to tithe. What really got me going on this was when a pastor said, "Does God need your money?" "No." "Has God ever not been able to do something because He didn't have enough money?" Seems God will be around wether I tithe or not. The church and all the good it does however might not.

Heres a couple of things I came across while "researching" this on the internet. Seems I'm not the only one looking to explain away tithing.---Tithing is an Old Testament law, since we live by the New testament it no longer applies.---Is it 10% of gross or net? But I guess if you are asking these questions you ain't doing it for the right reason anyhow so why bother.

I'm not sure how long it will take to get there but I'm going to keep walking in that direction.
GOD BLESS