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When it was tiny, the children we were giving the gift in the lounge of classes of the Sunday School. My father was stopping at the entry of the annex of the temple with 75 cents; this way, according to my sisters and I we were happening to him for the side to rise to our lounges, he was distributing a peseta to us to each one so that we were giving it of gift. Today, 25 cents it does not sound to much, but, in that epoch, with a peseta we could buy the whole lunch in the snack bar of the school. But my sisters and I realized very well that these 25 cents were not for our personal use, not for our savings. Since my father was extracting them of his pocket, these 25 cents him belonged to the Gentleman.

The topic of the gift and the tithe was very common in our house: the importance of ofrendar and the essential thing of giving the tithe correctly without remaining with nothing that us did not belong. And to this he was followed by examples of relatives and acquaintances who had failed in this and had had to face problems or deplorable situations. But my parents were not telling us these histories for infundirnos fear, but to teach us that God is faithful to his Word on having blessed those that him obey and to discipline those who do not fulfill what He orders.

Therefore, they taught us from early to separate for the Gentleman a part from what we were receiving like profit. Responsibly, my father was sitting down with us to explain ourselves how to extract the tithe, and was making very clear to us that this was the first thing that was done. Nothing of pays any debt before expiring with the first Gentleman, to God what is a God; then, to American Express what belongs to American Express. And very learnedly he was instructing us saying that, when we expire with what God sends us, although it seems that the money is not going to reach us, God is in charge of providing to us what we need because He does not leave the helpless just person.

In the course of time, and on having had to face difficult situations, my husband and I have verified that the Gentleman fulfills his promises. Only it is enough to us to extract accounts in order year, or at the time of filling charts, to realize that truly God has fulfilled us. It is possible that monthly the expenses of the house and the cost of life overwhelm us, worry us and perhaps I even took the sleep from some, but of something I am sure: God is faithful and he fulfills everything what we lack.

Ofrendar and to give the tithe does not depend on the age, of how much we win or on if the money remains us to do it. It is not important that you are 16 years old and scarcely you begin to work, not of that you are 50 years old and too much economic responsibilities. Depend on if you want to obey God or not, if you want to fulfill his orders or not, if you can have the confidence and safety of which the Gentleman, does not import your situation, it can fulfill and provide for you.

Still, on the day of today, my father continues “turning round me” occasionally with this question: "Are you giving the tithe?” And, at the moment, I enter panic trying to do memory, to remembering when it was the last time that I did it. Nevertheless, my parents can be calm in this: for the God's grace, this was a lesson well learned and put into practice. Of them I learned (and this way I hope to teach him to my son) that we must be faithful to the Gentleman, be with a peseta or with big quantities of money. Ten per cent and the gift him belong to God; after all, everything what we have we owe it to Him.