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God's Grace Covers Our Analyzing Our Tithe

A few months ago, we were down to our last monies for the month with at least a week to go until new income would arrive. We had less than 1/4 tank of gas, food was getting down to "leftovers" and "hodge podge" meals, and we had our tithe check pre-written and ready to give at church. Right before it was time to drop our tithe into the offerring basket, I realized I had overwritten the check by about $53!  I had done my calculations incorrectly, which meant, I could quickly save us by voiding the check, rewrite it for less and have that money to help us stretch another week with food and gas! I felt I had found extra money to sustain us another week! I had less than 60 seconds to alert my husband to this new money I "found", and his reply was to go ahead and just give it all.  Honestly, I wasn't really wanting his contrary opinion, I was hoping he would validate my choice to void the overage and rewrite it for the "correct" amount "d...