CDPunt(igam) Writes

A to B. That’s all I want. A car that can get me from point A to B and back again. There are lots of fancy ways to do that. I read that some can even do a quarter mile in 6.5 seconds, which is fast, like fast fast, like blink, and it didn’t happen fast. Those fancy ways are also expensive and take a lot of fuel and the tires are ouchy expensive. So I stick with my old jalopy. It may never win any quarter mile races. But it does stop to pick up friends, holds a little extra bit of groceries to share, and it gets me from A to B and back again.

This story is based on Mark 12: 38-44

As he taught, Jesus said, “Watch out for the teachers of the law. They like to walk around in flowing robes and be greeted with respect in the marketplaces, and have the most important seats in the synagogues and the places of honor at banquets. They devour widows’ houses and for a show make lengthy prayers. These men will be punished most severely.” Jesus sat down opposite the place where the offerings were put and watched the crowd putting their money into the temple treasury. Many rich people threw in large amounts. But a poor widow came and put in two very small copper coins, worth only a few cents. Calling his disciples to him, Jesus said, “Truly I tell you, this poor widow has put more into the treasury than all the others. They all gave out of their wealth; but she, out of her poverty, put in everything—all she had to live on.”

NIV: New International Version