Why Do We Pay Tithing?

           I had another insight regarding why we pay tithing in my Book of Mormon class on Wednesday. My teacher told us the parable of the thankful cat. ( The full story is found here: http://ldsmag.com/article-1-13621/  ). In summary, the parable is about a mother cat being grateful to an old man for saving her kittens, and in gratitude, she finds the biggest, juiciest rat and drops it at his feet. This is a parallel to when we offer our money to Christ. He doesn't need our money. It is only something we value. Some might say He needs our money to carry about business in the church. While this is how we are able to build churches and temples, God could just as easily direct His apostle's to land with precious metals and jewels in the ground. He could make money appear out of nowhere. Basically, He is all-powerful and has no need of our money. But we desperately need to pay it. When we give up something that is valuable to us to show God we love Him more than it, He is able to take it, change it into something more valuable and then bless us with it. He asks us to pay tithing so He can bless us more and make us better.