Further thoughts about the story of the widow’s mite. Most people will be “in the middle” between the wealthy and oppressive scribes and the helpless poor widow in the story. Whose example will we follow?
The story of the widow who donates two small coins in the temple treasury (Mark 12:38-44) invites us to realize that God delights when we give our entire lives to Him.
Truly I say to you, this poor widow put in more than all the contributors to the treasury; for they all put in out of their surplus, but she, out of her poverty, put in all she owned, all she had to live on”