It truly IS better to give. But can you graciously receive?

Growing up, I was taught that is more blessed to give than to receive. In 1980 something, I had moved away from my parent’s house and had rented a room in a home that I shared with an older gentleman. One evening, a knock on the door revealed an officer who informed my landlord that his daughter’s house was on fire. Sure enough, we looked up the road about a mile and saw her house fully engulfed. I knew immediately that his daughter would need to move back and I was fa...