It’s not very often that a nobody gets any notice. If Jesus had witnessed the Pharisee and tax collector praying (Luke 18:10-13), even if not in the same location at the same time, it would have been presumed that the Pharisee would have received his notice; not the tax collector. The poor widow that Jesus noted in Mark 12:42 was not recognized by name or any other feature. She will be remembered for eternity for her faith that moved her to total surrender. Did she overhear Jesus speaking to his disciples? What did she do after she left the temple? Did she go home and bake her last meal and wait to die of starvation? Did she try to find some work to squeeze out one more day’s worth of food? Did she sell herself in order to feed her family? Maybe even with a hope that God would see her sacrifice and reward her ten or one hundred fold. We won’t know what happened to her this side of heaven. I imagine that she walked away from the temple that day with a joy in her heart that didn’t fit her life’s circumstances.
Stuart
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