I cannot believe it’s been almost a month since Easter, and two months since lockdown. Time seems to be flying, but we are still in our places. Or, are we!?
I would love to say that I too am flying but we all know it’s all going slow with everything around us shut down. We feel like our ability to make an impact on society is limited. And so did the widowed woman in Mark 12:41-44.

Her husband had died. A man was the breadwinner in Hebrew society and the concept of women working outside the house was despised. For that reason, the Torah urges believers to look after widows (Deuteronomy 24:19; Exodus 22:22). So whether that woman eats dinner or not that evening depended on the charity of faithful Jews, and their ability to give on a certain day.
So, to be honest, if I were her and I had only a few coins, I would save them for a rainy day. That seems like the logical and responsible thing to do. However, against all expectations and common sense, the woman brings her few cents to the temple to be used for the common good of all, to advance the community, to be given to those who have no one to look after them, or perhaps to be confiscated by the wealthy leaders.. it does not matter to her. What matters is her heart’s intention that is seen and noticed by Jesus.
I was having a conversation with a friend two days ago about the homeless problem in Sacramento, how big of a problem it is, and how helpless it feels to intervene and help, and she said: “do for one what you wish to do for all.”
This saying stuck with me. It echoes Jesus’s response to the widowed woman’s action: “this poor widow has put more into the treasury than all the others.”
Friends it is easy to withdraw and say there isn’t much I can do. But we are blessed with the opportunity to give. The bible says “Cast your bread upon the waters, for after many days you will find it.” (Ecc 11:1) If we have one cent, we have much, and if we help one person, we help all.
Time will continue to fly, and it is with simple action, that we can fly with it.

Have a wonderful week.