Three Pennies and a Big God

It is said that Mother Theresa (before she was Mother Theresa and was just a young teenager), approached her superiors and told them that she had a vision to build an orphanage. She said, "I have three pennies and a vision from God to build an orphanage."

Her superiors reminded her that three pennies you couldn't do anything. Her response was classic, "I know. But with God and three pennies, I can do anything."

We would do well to remember that it is not the amount of resources that we have to give to God, but the God that we give our resources to. Frequently we focus on the little that we have financially, intellectually or physically and all we can see is lack. God doesn't need resources, He owns the cattle on a thousand hills.

God is interested in you giving your resources to Him and believing that He is actually big enough to do whatever He wants with them. We would all do well to remember Theresa's example.