The Widow's Mites

• The widow who gave her last little bit of money for tithing lived the principles of Christ's teachings in that she loved God more than herself. She could have easily used that money for herself, but she gave it to God instead. Christ said "And thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind, and with all thy strength" and the widow did, all the way through.
• 2 Nephi 25:23 teaches "For we labor diligently to write, to persuade our children, and 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." and The widow did just that. She gave all that she had. Relative to what she had, she gave her all, whereas the rich men only gave a little, and were being glorified by men. The widow will be saved by grace, because she did all that she could do.
• We don't have to sacrifice every cent we have to be like the widow, but we do have to do all that we can do for the kingdom. We can sacrifice time and talent, or we can do service and show love for those in need. I think that doing all we can do involves much more than money. We can sacrifice of ourselves to become closer to God. We will be saved if we do.