I updated my article on tithing. If you don’t know, tithing is about giving away a portion of your income for church, religious or charitable causes.
They are several schools of thought regarding tithing. Some are firmly against it saying it is just hogwash part of religous circles trying to get funding to further their various causes. While others belief that tithing can bring about more money.
The principle here being sowing and reaping and also about how money needs to flow in order to increase. I’ll share my personal experience in tithing your money in my article here.
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I’m actually coming to this very subject on my blog when the daily “Home economics and saving” thread will meet the “Divine Currency of heaven” thread.
I have also found Tithing to be a sound principle. It has worked well for me.
Some ways I’ve seen it help individuals, whether via divine guidence or not is less important… it still worked:
1. It prompts one to focus on a budget. By budgeting extra money is found
2. It urges one to place someone else first before the selfish desires. The result of this is usually less “Selfish” or “Me” spending, the most wasteful of expenses
3. People feel good about doing it, which results in less “Guilt driven” spending, and less “Me” spending
4. It tends to broaden ones perspective. One thinks more often about those less fortunate. Appreciating what you have has an effect on consumption levels
5. People feel good about having done something good. Feeling that they have contributed to “God’s work on the earth”, whatever work that may be, feels good to people. Sometimes that feel good feeling is enough to be worth 10% all by itself.
Another thing I noticed is that the amount spent in cigarettes and alcholholic bevereages typically consumes about 10% of ones income. Usually the use of these items falls off about the same time one starts practising tithing so the cost is almost covered by the reduction in “sin” consumption.
The result, that the first 5 effects, which the person had declaired to themselves as worth 10% of their income seem to come at a bargain price.
There are very good points you mentioned above. Especially the part about cigarettes and alcohol comsuming a significant part of a person’s income. I think having some alcohol once in a while is okay but smoking cigaretts are burning your hard earned cash, not to mention putting your health at risk.
I read that some companies today prefer to hire non smokers as smokers cost them more in medical cost and time off work due to sickness.