standards) will receive a million dollars. He or she will manage a fortune. Because we all will eventually give an account of our lives to God (Romans 14:12; 2 Corinthians 5:10), one day everyone must answer these questions: Where did it all go? What did I spend it on? What has been accomplished for eternity through my use of all this wealth? In the account of the poor widow, Mark writes, “Jesus sat down opposite the place where the offerings were put and watched the crowd putting their money into the