Tithing

 💕 I also have a very special testimony of paying tithing. Everyone knows as an accountant my life is numbers. And I can’t tell you how many times over the years the numbers haven’t looked great but after paying our tithing first, the Lord made up the difference in one way or another. So grateful for the commandment of tithing to give us an opportunity to see the Lords hand in our lives!

From Hearts Uplifted-Facebook group

December 17, 2025 at 6:38 AM

The university in which I studied had a regulation that prohibited the students that were in debt from taking tests. For this reason, when I received my salary I would first separate the money for tithing and offerings, and the remainder was allotted for the payment of the school and other expenses.🥹

I remember a time when I … faced serious financial difficulties. It was a Thursday when I received my salary. When I figured the monthly budget, I noticed that there wouldn’t be enough to pay [both] my tithing and my university. I would have to choose between them. The bimonthly tests would start the following week, and if I didn’t take them I could lose the school year. I felt great agony. … My heart ached. I had a painful decision before me, and I didn’t know what to decide. I pondered between the two choices: to pay tithing or to risk the possibility of not obtaining the necessary credits to be approved in school.

This feeling consumed my soul and remained with me up to Saturday. It was then that I remembered that when I was baptized I had agreed to live the law of tithing. I had taken upon myself an obligation, not with the missionaries, but with my Heavenly Father. At that moment, the anguish started to disappear, giving place to a pleasant sensation of tranquility and determination. …

That night when I prayed, I asked the Lord to forgive me for my indecision. On Sunday, before the beginning of sacrament meeting, I contacted the bishop, and with great pleasure I paid my tithing and offerings. That was a special day. I felt happy and peaceful within myself and with Heavenly Father.

The next day I was in my office; I tried to find a way to be able to take the tests that would begin on Wednesday. The more I thought, the further I felt from a solution. At that time I worked in an attorney’s office, and my employer was the most strict and austere person I had ever met.

The working period was ending when my employer approached and gave the last orders of the day. When he had done so, with his briefcase in his hand he bid farewell. … Suddenly he halted, and looking at me he asked, ‘𝘏𝘰𝘸 𝘪𝘴 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘤𝘰𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘨𝘦?’ 

I was surprised, and I couldn’t believe what I was hearing. The only thing I could answer with a trembling voice was, ‘𝘌𝑣𝘦𝑟𝘺𝑡𝘩𝑖𝘯𝑔 𝑖𝘴 𝘢𝑙𝘭 𝘳𝑖𝘨ℎ𝘵!’ 

He looked thoughtfully at me and bid farewell again. …

Suddenly the secretary entered the room, saying that I was a very fortunate person! When I asked her why, she simply answered: ‘𝑇𝘩𝑒 𝑒𝘮𝑝𝘭𝑜𝘺𝑒𝘳 𝘩𝑎𝘴 𝘫𝑢𝘴𝑡 𝑠𝘢𝑖𝘥 𝘵ℎ𝘢𝑡 𝑓𝘳𝑜𝘮 𝘵𝑜𝘥𝑎𝘺 𝘰𝑛 𝑡𝘩𝑒 𝑐𝘰𝑚𝘱𝑎𝘯𝑦 𝑖𝘴 𝘨𝑜𝘪𝑛𝘨 𝘵𝑜 𝑝𝘢𝑦 𝑓𝘶𝑙𝘭𝑦 𝑓𝘰𝑟 𝑦𝘰𝑢𝘳 𝘤𝑜𝘭𝑙𝘦𝑔𝘦 𝘢𝑛𝘥 𝘺𝑜𝘶𝑟 𝑏𝘰𝑜𝘬𝑠. 𝘉𝑒𝘧𝑜𝘳𝑒 𝑦𝘰𝑢 𝑙𝘦𝑎𝘷𝑒, 𝘴𝑡𝘰𝑝 𝑎𝘵 𝘮𝑦 𝑑𝘦𝑠𝘬 𝘢𝑛𝘥 𝘪𝑛𝘧𝑜𝘳𝑚 𝑚𝘦 𝘰𝑓 𝑡𝘩𝑒 𝑐𝘰𝑠𝘵𝑠 𝑠𝘰 𝘵ℎ𝘢𝑡 𝑡𝘰𝑚𝘰𝑟𝘳𝑜𝘸 𝘐 𝘤𝑎𝘯 𝘨𝑖𝘷𝑒 𝑦𝘰𝑢 𝑡𝘩𝑒 𝑐𝘩𝑒𝘤𝑘.’

After she left, crying and feeling very humble, I knelt exactly where I was and thanked the Lord for His generosity. I … said to Heavenly Father that He didn’t have to bless me so much. I only needed the cost of one month’s installment, and the tithing I had paid on Sunday was very small compared to the amount I was receiving! 

During that prayer the words recorded in Malachi came to my mind: ‘𝗣𝗿𝗼𝘃𝗲 𝗺𝗲 𝗻𝗼𝘄 𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵, 𝘀𝗮𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗟𝗼𝗿𝗱 𝗼𝗳 𝗵𝗼𝘀𝘁𝘀, 𝗶𝗳 𝗜 𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗼𝗽𝗲𝗻 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘄𝗶𝗻𝗱𝗼𝘄𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗵𝗲𝗮𝘃𝗲𝗻, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗽𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗮 𝗯𝗹𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗴, 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝘀𝗵𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗯𝗲 𝗿𝗼𝗼𝗺 𝗲𝗻𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗵 𝘁𝗼 𝗿𝗲𝗰𝗲𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗶𝘁’ (Mal. 3:10).

(c) Gordon B. Hinckley, 2002

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