On tithing.

Put me to the test and you will see that I will open the windows of heaven and pour out on you in abundance all kinds of good things. ~ Malachi 3:10

This is my mantra for today.

You see I have been struggling on tithing.  Call me an unbeliever, a person with little faith, materialistic, etc. But that's true; I am just being honest.  It hurts me to give that amount - that 10% that is really meant for my God (now I know :-D).  I used to give to God only what I think and feel was just right during the offertory part of the Mass.  I know I am a giver; I know I am helping a lot of people, and I thought that was it.  I thought that was all and be all of my being a Catholic Christian. I thought that would be enough for my God. 

However, yesterday at The Feast, the gospel and the priest's homily hit me bullseye.  And the Bo Sanchez "singled me out"  during his talk.  And this morning when I opened my email, he again talked to me!  And this article, though I heard him delivered it live a couple of Sundays ago, has a different impact on me today. 

And that impact gave me a stronger resolve to regularly practice tithing. 

On Sunday, I will test God.  LOL.  On Sunday, I will start being so honest with my tithes.  I know it hurts me, but what the heck!  I will try doing it.  

It's like God is speaking to me now telling me "C'mon, Badeth, test me.  And you will see..."