Do you know that the one who gives and the one who receives are all blessed?

Yes!  There’s a blessing in both giving and receiving.

The Bible has many verses about being blessed when you give, or, better yet, verses that promise a reward for the act of giving.

But let’s look at this one verse in Acts 20:35: “In everything I did, I showed you that by this kind of hard work, we must help the weak, remembering the words the Lord Jesus himself said: ‘It is more blessed to give than to receive.’  This verse not only encourages us to help the weak but also reminds us of the exact words of Jesus: “It is more blessed to give than to receive.”

It’s obvious that two acts are being compared here: giving and receiving, using the comparative adjective “more blessed than.” This means there is a blessing in giving and receiving, but comparatively, the giver is more blessed than the receiver. 

I am therefore excited to know that the orphans and needy children in Ghana who benefit from our foundation are as blessed as any other receiver.

Courtesy of three of our donors, who would like to remain anonymous, the children at the Volta Home Orphanage have been treated to two different birthday parties back to back this year alone.  The first party was in June, and the second one followed in July, where the children enjoyed drinks and sumptuous meals.

That is how God can bless anyone with “double” at any given time. It’s a blessing to receive!

The truth is, these parties were never on our calendar of events, but once our sponsors requested them, we organized them, and the children had so much fun.

Today, these children are blessed to be at the receiving end, but I know they will also be able to give one day.

After all, in this dispensation, we are blessed to give, and we do it with joy straight from our hearts.

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