Giving All

 Luke 21: 1-4

The Widow’s Offering

21 As Jesus looked up, he saw the rich putting their gifts into the temple treasury. ² He also saw a poor widow put in two very small copper coins. ³ “Truly I tell you,” he said, “this poor widow has put in more than all the others. ⁴ All these people gave their gifts out of their wealth; but she out of her poverty put in all she had to live on.”

These four short verses challenge us to an extreme level of generosity and trust,  Imagining giving ALL we have! The widow makes us blush with shame, but her example sets the bar for us.  What can we give not only from our pocketbook, but also of our time, our experience, our personal talents, our presence?  The two small copper coins are literally all she had, but symbolically call us to give of ourselves.  This is the second time in two weeks that we hear this story.  Isn't it time to put it into practice?

Bro. Rene