{"id":14227,"date":"2026-03-10T09:11:02","date_gmt":"2026-03-10T09:11:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gpbookstore.org\/articles\/he-learned-a-valuable-lesson-about-tithing-and-faith\/"},"modified":"2026-04-13T09:32:58","modified_gmt":"2026-04-13T09:32:58","slug":"he-learned-a-valuable-lesson-about-tithing-and-faith","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gpbookstore.org\/articles\/angels-and-miracles\/angels\/he-learned-a-valuable-lesson-about-tithing-and-faith\/","title":{"rendered":"He Learned a Valuable Lesson About Tithing and Faith"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Yet another door slammed in my face. My shoulders slumped in defeat. I hadn\u2019t expected door-to-door sales to be easy, but I certainly hadn\u2019t expected it to be this hard. Monday, my first day on the job, was a bust, and if my luck didn\u2019t improve before the end of the week, I was in trouble.<\/p>\n<p>We were in an economic slump in 1968, and I was a broke graduate student at the Asbury Theological Seminary in Wilmore, Kentucky. I needed $200 to cover next semester\u2019s tuition. That was a lot of money. So, instead of <a href=\"https:\/\/gpbookstore.org\/articles\/positive-living\/health-and-wellness\/life-advice\/5-cheap-ways-to-entertain-your-kids-on-spring-break\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">spending my week of spring break<\/a> relaxing with friends, I was stuck pounding the pavement, hawking cookware. With the few sales I\u2019d managed to make thus far, I had no idea how I\u2019d reach my goal.<\/p>\n<p>Before setting out on this endeavor, I\u2019d ended <a href=\"https:\/\/gpbookstore.org\/articles\/inspiring-stories\/stories-of-faith-and-hope\/drawn-together-by-a-daily-devotion\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">my daily devotions<\/a> with a desperate plea. \u201cLord, if you bless me financially this week, I promise I\u2019ll give 10 percent of my income to the church.\u201d Since I was a boy, I\u2019d been schooled in the concept of the biblical tithe. My father, who worked as a missionary, had talked about it. So did my Sunday school teachers. Not that I\u2019d ever practiced it myself. The way I saw it, giving away 10 percent of my earnings was driving a hard bargain. But at this point, I would have tried anything to complete my religious studies.<\/p>\n<p>By mid-week I wondered if my prayer had finally <a href=\"https:\/\/gpbookstore.org\/articles\/positive-living\/health-and-wellness\/life-advice\/3-quick-ways-to-boost-your-confidence\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">given me confidence<\/a> in my sales pitch. For whatever reason, I saw some success. I made sale after sale. I guessed I\u2019d really honed my skills. By Saturday, I had $250 in my pocket\u2014and zero memory of my promise to tithe.<\/p>\n<p>I was a student pastor at Lamberts Chapel, in a rural area in central Kentucky. I woke early on Sunday mornings so I could complete my devotional before the day\u2019s services. First, I thanked God for a successful week of door-to-door sales. Then I read the scripture for the day, Malachi 3:6-12, in which the Lord chastises the Israelites for not keeping the tithe. The words hit me right between the eyes! It couldn\u2019t <a href=\"https:\/\/gpbookstore.org\/articles\/angels-and-miracles\/miracles\/qa-with-coincidence-researcher-dr-sharon-hewitt-rawlette\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">be a coincidence<\/a>! I scrambled for my checkbook, writing out a donation of $10. I ripped it up. I wrote another check for $15. It took me three tries to commit to the full 10 percent. I got to church and dropped it in the offering plate. It did hurt a little, but at least my conscience was clear.<\/p>\n<p>Sunday services began as usual, until \u201cunusual\u201d happened. We had two visitors to our rural gathering place, which was rare. The older couple stole into the sanctuary and took a seat.<\/p>\n<p>At the end of the service, I stood to the side, shaking hands with the worshippers filing out. The visiting couple approached, and the woman handed me an envelope, which I passed on to our treasurer, thinking it was a donation for the chapel.<\/p>\n<p>A few hours later, before the evening service began, the treasurer approached me, the same envelope in her hand.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo,\u201d she said. \u201cThis is for you, young man.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>I opened the envelope and found a check for $25. It was made out to me.<\/p>\n<p>I didn\u2019t understand. I\u2019d never met that couple before. Why would they give this gift to me? Only angels would know how conflicted I\u2019d been about tithing this very amount on that very morning. But of course, angels didn\u2019t write checks\u2026<\/p>\n<p>Two Sundays later, when I feared I wouldn\u2019t see the couple again, I used the names on the check to look up their address. I knocked on their door, and they invited me inside. I thanked them for their generous gift. But I was still confused. \u201cWhy me?\u201d I asked. \u201cWhy that Sunday? And how did you know who I was?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe know about your father\u2019s work,\u201d the woman explained. \u201cWe wanted to show our appreciation by giving a little something to his son. And that Sunday seemed as good a day as any.\u201d As good a day as any for a blossoming young seminarian to see a simple theological principle put into action\u2014that God will always provide. I did manage to graduate, and in the years since I\u2019ve written out my tithe check correctly and thankfully the first time around.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><em>For more angelic stories, subscribe to <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.shopguideposts.org\/magazines\/angels-on-earth-magazine.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Angels on Earth<\/strong><\/a><em> magazine<\/em>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yet another door slammed in my face. My shoulders slumped in defeat. 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