"God created us to need something or someone else. Sooner or later, any healthy individual discovers that autonomy doesn't cut it. Once we confront our need for someone or something beyond ourselves, we will subsist on the alms of others if we don't discover Christ. Like beggars we go from person to person with our empty cup, crying, 'can't you add anything to my life?' They might throw in a coin or two. In fact, a few may be weekly...and probably weary...tithers. But when we shake the cup, the tinny echo reminds us how empty we remain. Until we allow Jesus to fill our cups daily, we simply subsist...You were meant to thrive."
-Beth Moore

I could kill this metaphor. I could talk about the many people that for years were pointless "tithers" to my cup...the hundreds of coins tossed in that I know now were only foreign currency, some that seemed to have even poked holes in the bottom of the tin. I could thank those of you who tried to contribute, and usually did, something substantial. I could talk a lot about an empty cup. A whole lot.
But I won't.
I'll just rejoice that I figured it out now.
Thank you, Jesus.