Why You Must Become a Good Receiver - Florence Scovel Shinn

Editor's Note:  The following is an excerpt from The Game of Life and How to Play It by Florence Scovel Shinn.

Some People Are Cheerful Givers But Bad Receivers

Some people are cheerful givers, but bad receivers. They refuse gifts through pride, or some negative reason, thereby blocking their channels, and invariably find themselves eventually with little or nothing. For example: A woman who had given away a great deal of money, had a gift offered her of several thousand dollars. She refused to take it, saying she did not need it. Shortly after that, her finances were "tied up," and she found herself in debt for that amount. Man should receive gracefully the bread returning to him upon the water—freely ye have given, freely ye shall receive.

It's A Violation of Spiritual Law If You Don't Receive

There is always the perfect balance of giving and receiving, and though man should give without thinking of returns, he violates law if he does not accept the returns which come to him; for all gifts are from God, man being merely the channel.

Never Pity the Giver

A thought of lack should never be held over the giver.

For example: When the man gave me the one cent, I did not say: "Poor man, he cannot afford to give me that." I saw him rich and prosperous, with his supply pouring in. It was this thought which brought it. If one has been a bad receiver, he must become a good one, and take even a postage stamp if it is given him, and open up his channels for receiving.

One Must Become a Good Receiver

The Lord loveth a cheerful receiver, as well as a cheerful giver.

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