Normal guy does abnormal experiment…

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This personal blog post by Joshua Jones (a regular working man, husband and father part of Granger Community Church) was vulnerable and inspiring. Real life and from the heart, I think it's a must read for anyone who has ever wrestled with giving up to go up.

"I wish I could explain what it is that ever causes us to hold anything back because God has proven time and again that if we will just release it to his authority, He will do far more with it for us than we could ever do alone. That being said, we still hold on. We fear letting go. It frightens us. Some things we know better than to do, but it's like our old selves creep in just enough to tighten our grip around the very things that could, and often do, destroy us."

"Generosity is something of a gift. The desire to give is a blessing straight from God. On this front, I admit that I was the straggler. Even in our former lives, I was blessed with a wife and children that had no problem giving to others. I, on the other hand, could think of no one better deserving of anything, than myself. Christ impacted me in this area directly. There were several areas that almost immediately changed upon the meeting of my Savior, and this was one of them. Gone are the desires to accumulate, replaced with the urge to give it all away." Read the full post…

Stories like these are abnormal. And, it's stories like these that change the world and motivate the rest of us. Thanks, Joshua, for sharing your story with us–the good and the bad. It's ALL good!

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