"Increase our faith"
Is what the twelve disciples said.Luke 17:5
But had they learned a lesson
From the widow,
Whose needs
Would they have been
More focused on instead?
Their own needs?
Or the needs of others?
Others!
"Increase my faith"
Is a prayer
We've often heard or said.
But when we learn a lesson
From the widow,
Whose needs
Will we tend to be
More focused on instead?
Our own needs?
Or on the needs of others?
Others!
Because it's never been about
How much we have to have,
Instead
It has always been about
How little we have to have
To have something
In our heart or hand
To give away!
So knowing this,
Now how should we pray?
And now what should we say?
We should pray and say,
"Thank You Lord,
For the promise
I will always have
At least a mustard seed's worth
Of everything I need to have.
Now please help me find someone
Who needs these very things,
And teach me how to try
To give them all away."
And how do we
"Give them all away"?
By simply seeking
To encourage or increase
The very things we think
We have the very least of
In the hearts and minds
Of others every day.
And how do we
"Give them all away"?
By saying something
Just as simple as,