I know, I know, there are more than a few widows in the Bible. I mean the one at the temple in Jerusalem in the
gospels. The Lord remarked on the gift she deposited in the temple treasury. He specifically
drew the attention of his disciples to it when he said that she put in “more
than all those who are contributing.”
If you only read Luke you might be forgiven for thinking this incident
occurred at random, but Mark makes it clear that the Lord “sat down … and watched
the people putting money into the offering box.” That may seem an odd way
to occupy your time, but I think he was waiting for a certain poor widow to
come along.
So her two mites matter, and maybe not only for the reasons
you might think.