She carried her little coin purse with her today.
It was in her hand, alongside her purple bible.
It sat on her lap as we began service.
And when the song began, she opened it up and pulled out a penny.
A single coin.
The lowest value.
One cent.
She walked right over to Lucy who was sitting on my lap.
Ever so gently she opened Lucy's fingers and placed that penny in her hand.
"Put this in the offering Lucy!" she whispered.
The tears started to well up in my eyes.
My little eight year old.
A heart sold out for Jesus.
But, the story doesn't end there.
"For they gave a tiny part of their surplus, but she, poor as she is, has given everything she had to live on." She walked back to her seat, sat down, straightened her dress.
Purse still open, she pulled out a handful of more pennies.
And when that offering plate came around, she dropped them all in.
'Nuff said....
Mark 12:44
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