Back in the days when you could still buy an ice cream cone for a nickel,
there was a little boy who lived in a small town with his grandmother.
Every Sunday the grandmother took the boy to church and after they would go
downtown for a special treat--an ice cream cone. One Sunday grandmother
was not feeling well, and she told the boy that he would have to go to church
by himself. Before he left she gave him two nickels--one for the offering
plate and one for an ice cream after church.
Now it happened that the boy needed to cross an old wooden bridge in
order to get to church. As he was crossing the old bridge, he began jumping up and
down, as boys will do, making the bridge shake and sway. His sharp ears
picked up a small thunk, and he looked down just in time to see one of the
nickels his grandmother had given him roll into a small crack on the bridge.
The little boy fell down on all fours and put his eye to the crack. He watched helplessly
as the nickel fell into the river below.
Standing up and dusting off his knees, he said to no one in particular, "Oh well.
There goes God's nickel."
And Jesus sat over against the treasury, and beheld how the people cast money into the treasury: and many that were rich cast in much.
And there came a certain poor widow, and she threw in two mites, which make a farthing.
And he called unto him his disciples, and saith unto them, Verily I say unto you, That this poor widow hath cast more in, than all they which have cast into the treasury:
For all they did cast in of their abundance; but she of her want did cast in all that she had, even all her living.
- Mark 12:41-44
Jesus said, "But seek first the Kingdom of God and His righteousnes, and all these things shall be added to you."
Mathew 6:33
We must endeavor to give Jesus first place in our heart to receive the fullness in life only He can give.
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