Giving Tuesday

Giving Tuesday is an important day in the non-profit world and specifically for Hope Rising.  We look at this day as a chance to take the focus off of the consumerism that runs rampant during the holidays (starting with Black Friday) and to focus on what Christmas was always meant to be…Giving!  Think about it, the only reason we celebrate Christmas is because GOD gave His own Son for us.  If He had not come 2000 years ago, we would not have a reason to celebrate anything…Ever.  But GOD did choose to give us that gift, the gift of Jesus Christ His own Son.  In light of that, GOD asks us to live for Him, to be a living sacrifice, and to strive for His perfection here on earth.  To do that, we must become like Him.  To become like Him we must give to those who cannot give us anything in return, to the orphan and to the widow.  To those who, oftentimes by no fault of their own, are in desperate need of someone coming to their aid.

As we read this, hopefully it reminds us of ourselves before we knew Christ.  We were helpless in our sin, hopeless on our own, and in desperate need of someone to come to our aid, someone to rescue us.  And if you know Christ as your Savior, that is exactly what He did.  Giving Tuesday is our chance to be like Him and to give to those who cannot help themselves.  Thank you in advance for helping us to advance His Kingdom and to bring help to those who cannot help themselves.