Luke 21:3
And he said, "Of a truth I say unto you,
that this poor widow hath cast
in more than they all."
He looked up and he saw many people flinging their offerings into the treasury and then came a poor widow. All she had in the world was two mites. It was the smallest of all coins, so the offering of the widow was worth one twentieth of a new penny. But Jesus said that it overvalued all the other offerings, because it was everything she had.
There is the spirit in which a gift is given. A gift which is unwillingly given, a gift which is given with a grudge, or a gift that is given for the sake of prestige or of self-display loses more than half its value. The only real gift is that which displays the outflow of the loving heart.
There is the sacrifice which it involves. That which means nothing to one man may be a costly sum to another. As the rich flung their offerings into the treasury, it did not really cost them much; but the two mites of the widow woman cost her everything she had. They no doubt calculated how much they would give; but the widow gave with that generosity which could give no more.
Giving does not begin to be real giving until it hurts. A gift shows our love only when we have had to do without something or have had to work hard in order to give it. How many of us give to God like that?
Amen!
Reading: (Luke 21:1-4)
(Mark 12:41-44)
There is the spirit in which a gift is given. A gift which is unwillingly given, a gift which is given with a grudge, or a gift that is given for the sake of prestige or of self-display loses more than half its value. The only real gift is that which displays the outflow of the loving heart.
There is the sacrifice which it involves. That which means nothing to one man may be a costly sum to another. As the rich flung their offerings into the treasury, it did not really cost them much; but the two mites of the widow woman cost her everything she had. They no doubt calculated how much they would give; but the widow gave with that generosity which could give no more.
Giving does not begin to be real giving until it hurts. A gift shows our love only when we have had to do without something or have had to work hard in order to give it. How many of us give to God like that?
Amen!
Reading: (Luke 21:1-4)
(Mark 12:41-44)
May God Bless You
And Your Family
Minister Robert A. Lail Sr.
The Cross Life Ministry
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