Let’s examine the widow’s
mites
For me, it’s another favourite,
I am particularly impressed
this time
At Jesus’ brand of
Mathematics.
The citizens were paying taxes
A percentage of their income,
The rich gave out of their
abundance
Making for a hefty sum.
This poor widow came along
And threw in her last two
mites,
If you make that one hundred
percent
This time you got it right.
She gave more than any of them;
This was Jesus’ assertion,
For they cast in of their
abundance
While she gave her entire
life-portion.
One hundred percent she gave
That’s what Christ demands,
Her two mites were more than
all the rest
She held nothing more in hand.
Stewart Russell © June 2020
