you to give an account of more than half a million dollars. So perhaps it’s time we stopped begging off on the basis that we have so little to share. It’s interesting that this widow became known for the amount she gave. Imagine if each of us were to be immortalized on the basis of how much (or how little) we contributed. Our offerings to God represent us. The two mites represented the widow, for she “put in more than all those who have given to the treasury” (Mark 12:43). She put in her entire life.