The Random Benefactor

Each day, billions of economic transactions occur through various mediums of exchange. One gains, while one loses, only to be gained and lost again. Along the way, however, a portion of each transaction is reserved, not to be spent and lost again. A constant give and take with a little savings, if you will.

Relationships are formed in much the same way as trust is imparted and experience binds. Relationships also differ from economic transactions, in that upon death, all is exhausted personally, that is, savings are obsolete. Thus, instead, relationships invest in the phenomenon of random benefaction.

Each man is a random benefactor, giving up a part of himself, which is invested in others during life. Such investment is added among other investments until a whole man is formed in demeanor, personality, and motivations. This is done under the assumption that no benefactor can take any investment with him upon death and thus all must be given humbly to another, sometimes randomly. That is, our actions and words may be imprinted unintentionally, and yet the benefaction has occurred.

Each day we are random benefactors to colleagues, family members, waitresses, store clerks, etc. We invest in others, though not always intentionally, and that investment creates, is shared and invested, and the cycle continues. Thankfully, the demonstration of love and knowledge of Christ, is an eternal investment.

Benefacting increasingly is less 'random' as death approaches. Since every day is one day closer to our demise, we learn from the dying that benefacting demands intentionality - to share investments with others humbly; to give all in order to gain Christ and to give all in order to love.