04/01/2026
A widow gives everything she has…and we call it Faith.
But what if Jesus wasn’t celebrating her?
What if He was exposing a system where religion and power work together…and it costs the most vulnerable everything?
And if we’re honest…
that’s not just a story about then.
We still see it.
When faith becomes about control, influence, and enforcing behavior…it often comes at the expense of the very people Jesus moved toward.
Maybe the point isn’t to be like the widow…
but to pay attention to what systems are doing to the people Jesus called us to serve.
👇 What do you see?
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Mark 12:38-44 (NIV)
38 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, 39 and have the most important seats in the synagogues and the places of honor at banquets. 40 They devour widows’ houses and for a show make lengthy prayers. These men will be punished most severely.”
41 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. 42 But a poor widow came and put in two very small copper coins, worth only a few cents.
43 Calling his disciples to him, Jesus said, “Truly I tell you, this poor widow has put more into the treasury than all the others. 44 They all gave out of their wealth; but she, out of her poverty, put in everything—all she had to live on.”
