41 And he sat down opposite the treasury and watched the people putting money into the offering box. Many rich people put in large sums. 42 And a poor widow came and put in two small copper coins, which make a penny. 43 And he called his disciples to him and said to them, “Truly, I say to you, this poor widow has put in more than all those who are contributing to the offering box. 44 For they all contributed out of their abundance, but she out of her poverty has put in everything she had, all she had to live on.”
Sometime back a very wealthy man wrote an additional $10,000 check at the end of the year over and above his already substantial pledge.
When I thanked him he told me that has he not given that additional $10,000 he would have ended up in a higher tax bracket and owed Uncle Sam at least that much more.
"The LORD knows I didn't really give another $10,000 to the church and I want you to know it also."
That's what I call a rich man with integrity.
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