Sermon: We are Worldly Widows yet Heavenly Brides | Mark 12:38–44 | The Widow's Offering

You may be someone in this world or no one. You may be rich or poor. You may be loved or despised. But Jesus sees in you what the world cannot see: His Bride. And so, for you He has come. For you He has seated His body and blood on this altar. To give you what you do not have, cleanse you, and betroth you to Himself once again. Each time His holy body is placed into your mouth and His holy blood is poured over your lips, you hear His loving, self- sacrificing “I do.” I do love you. I do forgive you. I do take you. And you know what? 

That makes you, in the midst of this world of abundance, the richest ones of all. You are rich in faith, rich in hope and rich in love. To give as you have been given to, and to live not in fear, but to be who you are: no longer a widow, but a dearly loved Bride for all eternity.
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