The Widow's Mite

The Savior taught, "Thou shalt love they Lord they God with all thy heart, and with all they soul and with all thy mind, and with all thy strength: this is the first commandment." After teaching this, a widow came up and gave two mites. She gave all that she had to the Lord and his mission, with coincides beautifully with the lesson the Savior taught.

The Widow gave everything she had to the Savior, which is what the Lord requires of his people. Following the Lord is never easy and it shouldn't be. He asks each of us to give up all we can to him, because when we do that, he replaces what we have given up with something much much better. It's all an act of faith. The Widow was reconciled to God because the she gave all to God and believed that he would take care of her needs, which connects beautifully to 2 Nephi 25:23, "For we labor diligently to write, to persuade our children, an also our brethren, to believe in Christ, and to be reconciled to God; for we know that it is by grace that we are saved, after all we can do."

We can follow that Widow's example by more than money donation. We can give of our time and talents buy providing service to others around us.

Luke 10: 1-24, "The Lord Appointed Seventy"

When Jesus Christ called the seventy during his ministry, he gave them instruction as well. First he told them to pray to the Lord for people to help doing the work. I love this because it shows that even those that are leaders within the Church need to pray for help and this is something that I always forget, which is silly. I had a friend tell me once that, "Prayer should be your first priority, not your last resort."And that is something I really need to work on. As the Lord was telling them about prayer he also told them to be careful because he was sending them as "lambs among wolves." They were told to carry no money and to not salute any man by the road, which I think are interesting directions. It made the Seventy live by faith and no by the wiles of man. They were told to bless whatever house they entered and if the Spirit resided within the homes the people who resided within them would have peace. They were told to warn the people that kingdom of God was near them. Basically they were told to serve others, which I think is amazing! They were also told to not carry the words or even the dust of those cities that would receive them, which I think is great advice for missionaries. I think that the dust symbolizes the ideas, words, and thoughts of the people. It's actually great advice for everybody. I love that the entirety of the Savior's directions are about prayer and serving others.

The Church has 13 Articles of Faith and the sixth one states, "We believe in the same organization that existed in the Primitive Church." And this relates exactly to what I was talking about previously. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has the exact set up that that the Savior provided in New Testament times, we have a Quorum of the Seventy.

Luke 10:1 states that "The Lord appointed other seventy…"and other modern day scriptures describe this office. D&C 107:25-36 explains that the seventy are called to preach the Gospel and to be special witnesses of Christ.