My devotional reading today is from Mark 12: 41-44. It just transpired at LifeChurch Makati last night.
I will write the excerpt from this reading then share with you how it happened at our church family.
...it was the only thing that remained...
Jesus sat down near the collection box in the Temple…Then a poor widow came and dropped in two small coins.
Jesus called his disciples…and said, “…this poor widow has given more…poor as she is, has given everything she had to live on.”
Our church, like with any young church, is in financial need these days and from an appeal of, I call, ’sacrificial giving’ lifers poured in offerings and pledges which were (are) tremendous blessings! Last night, unexpectedly, someone met me and gave an offering. Later I received a text message on my mobile phone saying, “Hi kuya, pagpasensyahan nyo po yong maliit lang na share ko…pinakasagad na po talaga, but I have faith naman po na it is God who is directing us (to give).” Rough translation: I’m sorry for the small share that I gave…it was the last that I have…
I was so much touched, inspired and blessed with the message and the offering that was given. I immediately texted back mentioning what Jesus said in the story of the widow!
This is a wonderful experience on our journey as a church together, this reflects that young a church as we are, we are doing what Jesus taught and what happened in the story of the young Christian church in the book of Acts! I praise God for you lifers with the heart of giving and of great faith!
By the way, the amount that was given by this lifer as an offering was not small!
