We are too stinting

We are too stinting of our heart's gifts

We are too stinting of our heart's gifts . God has given us love, that with it we may make life sweeter, better, easier, truer, more victorious, for others.

We do great wrong to those about us, when we stint the measure of love we give them, when we withhold the words of cheer, appreciation, encouragement, affection, and comfort which are in our hearts to speak — or when we fail to do the gentle, kindly things we could so easily do to make life happier and sweeter for them.

Many of us fail in our neglect of love's duty , quite as much as in the hurts we give to others. We walk in cold silence beside one whose heart is aching or breaking, not saying the warm, rich word of love which we might say, and which would give so much comfort.

All about us are hungry ones, and the Master is saying to us, "Give them something to eat!" But we are withholding from them what we might give, and they are starving when they might be filled.

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