“Just then he looked up and saw the rich people dropping offerings in the collection plate. Then he saw a poor widow put in two pennies. He said, “The plain truth is that this widow has given by far the largest offering today. All these others made offerings that they’ll never miss; she gave extravagantly what she couldn’t afford—she gave her all!”
Luke 21:1-4 (The Message Bible)
Widow – One who has lost sight of God as support.
Giving and Receiving – It is necessary to give freely if we are to receive freely. The law of receiving includes giving. The knowledge that substance is omnipresent and that man cannot, therefore, impoverish himself by giving…[enables] man to give freely and cheerfully. (See Matthew 10:8)
Jesus’ parable of the Widow’s Mite, offers us a powerful illustration that anyone, at any time, facing any limiting circumstance can actively position themselves for prosperous increase. Like the widow, let’s turn our attention toward whatever is available and away from what appears unavailable and invoke the spiritual Law of Giving and Receiving.
“…[E]very person must take charge of his or her own life. The experience of poverty in any life is the personal opportunity to awaken to a new consciousness and reveal a new order of life. People can begin with what they have and do what they can right where they are…[then] they will experience a new consciousness that will guide their hands, direct their footsteps, and put words in their mouths in a great process of transformation from indigence to affluence.”
Spiritual Economics (Butterworth) pg. 208