Then He called His disciples and said to them, "Truly I tell you, this poor widow has put in more than all those who are contributing to the treasury. For all of them have contributed out of their abundance; but she out of her poverty has put in everything she had, all she had to live on."
Mark 12: 43-44
All? Not just your money, but all? Your family, friends, job, health, home, books, internet, music, etc., etc., etc.? What really struck me here was not just all she had, but, in particular, to live on. In some ways all these things are not just possessions, but sustenance. We live on them.
AMDG
This passage is so scary anyway--I mean, even if you're only talking about the money.
ReplyDeleteTo me it's the Pearl of Great Price. I know it's there in the field. I'm just too cautious. And I suppose "scary" is at the heart of that caution. Sometimes I remind myself of Lucilla in Heart of the Family, knowing it's time to be "making her soul" but not getting any forrader. Still, I'm always offering it to Him, but I've got my hands pretty tightly clenched.
ReplyDeleteAMDG
"I'm always offering it to Him, but I've got my hands pretty tightly clenched"
ReplyDeleteOh, so familiar!
"We live on them."
ReplyDeleteThat cuts to the core of it. These things can be so difficult to surrender.