Elder
Marion G. Romney told of a personal experience related to this
idea of attitude:
"About
a quarter of a century ago Sister Romney and I moved into a
ward in which they were just beginning to build a meetinghouse.
The size of the contribution the bishop thought I ought to contribute
rather staggered me. I thought it was at least twice as much
as he should have asked. However, I had just been called to
a rather high Church position, so I couldn't very well tell
him where to go. Therefore, I said, 'Well, I will pay it, Bishop,
but I will have to pay it in installments because I don't have
the money.' And so I began to pay. And I paid and paid until
I was down to about the last three payments when, as is my habit,
I was reading The Book of Mormon, and came to the scripture
which said: "…if a man…giveth a gift…grudgingly; wherefore it
is counted unto the same as if he had retained the gift; wherefore
he is counted evil before God.' (Moroni 7:8.) Book of Mormon
Manual p.516 "This shocked me because I was out about a thousand
dollars. Well, I went on and paid the three installments I had
promised to pay, and then I paid several more installments to
convince the Lord that I had done it with the right attitude."
(Relief
Society Magazine, Feb. 1968, pp. 84-85.)