13,000 pounds!

Before I begin, if you haven't seen Will Smith's movie 7 pounds, get it on Netflix. It really fleshes out what it means to be a giver.

So I'm trying to picture this. 603,550 men and their families setting up tents, wandering through the wilderness. Now they are camped at the base of Mount Sinai. Moses has gotten the commendments and they are building a church essentially to house the testimony Moses got from God.

They have freely given almost 13,000 pounds of gold, silver, and bronze that they've just been carrying around since they left Egypt. Wow!

It is emphasized over an over again that it was freely given. If you were able to attend our annual meeting on Sunday, you were probably astonished by the number of people who stepped up to serve. Thank you to all who did.

We are on a roll. We are shifting to an abundance mindset. The economy is improving. The church is calming down. In no time, we'll be running on all cylinders.

God's people in Exodus can be an example to us of how we can work together to accomplish his will.