Here is a story a pastor shared:
A boy was helping his father, who was a farmer. Because times were hard during the Depression, the boy suggested to his father that they buy one bushel less seed per acre. Because they had 300 acres and would save on the cost of those 300 bushels of seed, they would save a good sum of money. The father replied to his son that that was not a smart thing to do. Why? Not only will less seed grow to produce the crop, but because there are fewer good crops growing, weeds will grow in place of the missing crops and choke out the good crops that remain.
A well known passage to most, from the Living Bible II Corin. 9:6,7, & 10: "But remember this - if you give little, you will get little. A farmer who plants just a few seeds will get only a small crop, but if he plants much, he will reap much. Everyone must make up his own mind as to how much he should give. Don't force anyone to give more than he really wants to, for cheerful givers are the ones God prizes. For God who gives seed to the farmer to plant, and later on, good crops to harvest and eat, will give you more and more seed to plant and will make it grow so that you can give away more and more fruit from your harvest."
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