This is the story of Carl and Betty's experience of Living a Better Story.
We were strongly taken by the idea of Living a Better Story. The idea may not be unique, but it certainly was new to us.
After reading and rereading the loaves and fishes story it was easy for us to decide to donate whatever we could collect to the RIFA Soup Kitchen. Ever since we began to volunteer at the kitchen, we have been more and more impressed by the work done there for those who are in dire straits.
Each of us had received 5 dollars. The problem became what to do to make some extra money and make this endeavor worthwhile. We had already toyed with the idea of a garage sale, but how much would that bring in? Besides, we felt a garage sale was so impersonal. Mostly items you want to get rid of regardless.
We decided that we had to give something personal, something that we cherished. We looked around our house and picked some items that for both of us had great sentimental value. This small group of items brought, to our pleasant surprise, the sum of 300 dollars. It was with humility (and a little bit of pride) that we presented the sum of $310 dollars to the RIFA Soup Kitchen.
It was amazing to realize a little feeling of hurt when seeing the items gone, but that was quickly suppressed by a sense of gladness to have contributed something of personal value to the work of the Lord.
This experience has been more valuable to our personal insight about how to live a better story than the amount of money we managed to make.
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