She was poor, destitute, widowed. She didn’t have much in comparison to the others who were given. But nonetheless she sacrificed and gave in her poverty. Perhaps, if she had compared her small gift to others who were given, she would have been too embarrassed to give her frugal offering. Perhaps if she had considered her own need, she would have thought it wise to hold on to her offering....
Outside my Comfort Zone
I live in a town where the median income is 98,000. I teach at a school where students take off a week to go on a Safari in Africa. I’m surrounded by excess. Yet God keeps whispering, “Remember the poor.” It is easy, when you are surrounded by worldly prosperity, to forget those around us who are in need. We can easily take the position, there are so many resources...