Today, I am reading and commenting on  Luke 21-22.

I haven’t written much about Jesus’ comment about the widow’s mites because it is just four verses out of this whole passage, with so much in the larger sections.  If you listen to the speakers at the fund raising dinners held by non-profit organizations you will often hear the speakers praise one or more wealthy individuals for their generosity.  That makes sense, by praising the wealthy who donate they increase the likelihood that they will donate more, and quite simply put, that small amount the poor widow gave would not provide enough for the adornments which caught the disciples attention in the next set of verses.  Yet God does not look at things that way.  After all, He does not need what we can give Him.  And while those who run non-profit organizations which rely on donations to operate need to pander to wealthy donors, we should not judge people by the amount they give, but rather by their dedication to sacrificing in order to help others.

I use the daily Bible reading schedule from “The Bible.net” for my daily Bible reading.