Deep Pockets

 

For they all contributed

   out of their abundance,

but she out of her poverty

   put in all

   she had to live on.

              Luke 21. 4

(Give generously,

       live generously,

not just in financial terms.

Giving means being aware

     and responsive to others.

Our greatest witness

     is how --or if-- we respond

     to the hearts

         of those around us,

not just in how we give

       but how we live

    with the heart of Jesus in us.

Grace always costs something,

    but continually multiplies

far beyond our vision

     and way past our lifetimes.

Even a mite disrupts

  the selfishness of our hearts

and heals in some profound way

  the brokenness of this world.)

O LORD,

Please show us

how to set aside our pride

and be responsive

      to the needs around us

      on so many levels.

What is our calling?

   To love You and others.

Make us mindful of

   those opportunities today.

Help us to live faithfully.

And to carry deep pockets

      of grace into this day.