Red Letters/Black Letters: Day 40:100 out of a 1000 or 2 out of 2

Then one poor widow came and threw in two mites, which make a quadrans. 

So He called His disciples to Himself and said to them, "Assuredly, I say to you 

that this poor widow has put in more than all those who have given to the treasury," Mark 12:42-43

The preceding verses contain what I consider a scripture crime, it leaves out v.44 which explains why Jesus said what he did in v.43.

"for they put in out of their abundance, but she out of her poverty 

put in all that she had, her whole livelihood."

This harkens back to what I wrote a while ago about everyone reading this blog being rich. Each time we give it is out of our abundance. I don't know about you, but I've never given God my last two cents. I have given the last money I had in my wallet, but I always had more money in the bank, more money on the debit card, more money in a cannister in my office, more, more, more.

I still often think so much of myself when I give, the people Jesus looked out and saw probably felt the same way. What's worse is that they and I, should we ever find ourselves with the widow's choice would have kept what little we had in case we needed it instead of giving it to God and trusting that God would see us through/

+ Do you give out of abundance or poverty?

+ If it is out of abundance, do you think you would out of poverty?