Giving Our Whole Selves

Jesus continues teaching in Jerusalem in the last week of his life which focuses and highlights these teachings.  God pours blessings out upon each of us.  The question in this teaching of Jesus is how will we respond.  We want to feel comfortable and secure.  Jesus does not condemn the gifts of the wealthy.  He points out that their gifts do not change their comfort or security.  The widow on the other hand displays total and complete trust and dependence on God.  If we choose, our giving can change our lives through a move to complete trust and dependence on God.