The Opera Populaire

Walked past unscathed when my Mom suddenly confronted me with a very difficult isssue last night: tithing. Was talking with her on the phone abt travelling when she suddenly woke up from her stupor and questioned me abt tithing. Said that she heard that her frens told her that Christians give a portion of their income to the church, is that true? Where do the money go to? I was stunned becos it has always been an issue I am uncomfortable bringing up to my parents about. I have always been given free reign of how I wish to spend the allowance they gave me, but I think they are actually more uncomfortable with the idea of me giving it to the church than if I had spent it on some frivollous stuff out there, for some reason or another. So I literally froze when she brought up the subject with me.

Said a silent prayer that God just give me the wisdom to say the right words before replying, in an honest manner, hiding nothing. Just answering her whatever she asked without any attempt at evading. To my surprise, God indeed cause favor to rest on me. She din say anything less than nice even when I told her the exact amount I gave every month. Perhaps the fact that it is my own hard-earned money and I have every right to spend it the way I want helped. Breathed a huge sigh of relief after that.