The widow who gave her last 2 coins

Luke 21:1-4 - my observations.

What can I learn from this widow?

She gave:

1. without anyone seeing how much she gave
2. without complaining
3. with joy & with love towards God
4. with a heart of faith & surrender towards God

How can Jesus possibly see how much she gave? The collection boxes had trumpet-like containers at the top of the boxes to collect the tithes & offerings. The 13 boxes were located at different places in the temple.
It was not possible for the Lord to have seen how much she gave not to mention the disciples. They were observing the rich people putting money into the collection boxes from a distance. Yet the Lord knew how much each of them put into the collection boxes! The pharisees, the sadducee & the widow.

This is supernatural knowledge indeed!

Jesus highlighted the important things in giving:

1. we need not tell people the amount we are giving to the Lord (that's why we put our tithes in envelopes and we drop our offerings deep into the bag)
2. we give in faith without competing/comparing with others  (as we cannot see how much other people gave, there is no reason for us to compete or compare our giving with the giving of others)
3. we give in love & in obedience to the Lord (the widow gave in love & obedience expecting nothing in return. However God will bless us for our love, trust and obedience towards him in our giving)