Reason #13 - Tithing

I wasn't sure I could pay tithing at first, but I've discovered it to be a real principle to live by. I currently donate my ten percent plus, if I can, I will donate to others things, such as the fasting fund (almost always), Humanitarian Aide, or the Perpetual Education Fund, and to the youth programs, although I have also donated to the Book of Mormon Fund and the Missionary Funds and for Temple Construction. I have been blessed over and over again because I pay my tithing. All of my tithing goes where it is needed because there are no overhead expenses to take away from it. Tithing comes from the widow as well as the wealthy and are considered sacred funds and used with discretion. It is not expected to donate anything more than our 10 percent plus something to the fast fund which is used to help the poor and the needy (usually in the area's within our Region), so donating to any other fund is of our own choosing based upon what one can afford. I have choosen to donate to other funds when our income affords us this privilage, such as when I was in Kuwait and had extra funds available to do so. Our tithing is so much more a matter of faith than of finance.