Fragrant to God

More beautiful than orchids
a scent beyond imagination
her offering, her gift
fragrant before God
Offering all she had
out of her poverty
out of her faith
giving to the Lord
herself, all she was
in the giving of the coins
an offering fragrant to God


November 5, 2009
Luke 20:45-21:4
The scribe and the widow’s offering
part of the sermon, “The Widow’s Might”,
by the Reverend Peter Hey,
http://www.concordwumc.org
Wesley United Methodist Church,
Concord, NH
November 18, 2007