Box—Six Sentence Story

Many stories, few of them good, could have been told about her by those depositing their tithes in the treasury box. Most everyone advised her to keep her tiny coins since neither the temple nor the Lord needed them as much as she did. Figuring she couldn’t survive on them but sensing no one really wanted what little she had to offer she didn’t know what to do.

Regardless of her failings which were perhaps right up there with our own those two coins were all she had. They weren’t much, but they weren’t counterfeit either.

And so she gave away every single one.

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Denise offers the prompt word “box” for this week’s Six Sentence Story.

Luke 21:1-4
And he looked up, and saw the rich men casting their gifts into the treasury.
2 And he saw also a certain poor widow casting in thither two mites.
3 And he said, Of a truth I say unto you, that this poor widow hath cast in more than they all:
4 For all these have of their abundance cast in unto the offerings of God: but she of her penury hath cast in all the living that she had.

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Author: Frank Hubeny

I enjoy walking, poetry and short prose as well as taking pictures with my phone.

28 thoughts on “Box—Six Sentence Story”

  6. Good Six.
    Good advice. Difficult to execute.
    But then again, like in bodybuilding, if it doesn’t stress the status quo, there is little chance of development.

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  9. I recently heard a sermon where the minister discussed this passage in the context of Luke 20: 45 – 47 just before it, about the scribes “who devour widows’ houses and for a pretense make long prayers,” making the point that the widow should never have had so little in the first place if the Jewish leaders had been properly looking after the poor as they had been instructed to do so.

    The passage on it’s own certainly reflects the widows’ trust in the Lord and her actual generosity compared to the rich Pharisees who gave comparatively less and then also boasted about their generosity.

    There are certainly multiple lessons that we can learn from this passage!

    Great story, Frank.

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    1. Very good observation. Those chapter divisions too easily block the context. I missed that part about them devouring widows’ houses. Thank you for pointing it out and blessings to you, Nicole!

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      1. You’re welcome, Frank.
        Yes, the chapter breaks aren’t always helpful. Apparently there are Bibles for sale that don’t have the chapter breaks or verses – I want to get one some day soon.

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