I was picking the last green peas of the season. 

The vines were tall and most contained three or four pods of up to nine peas each. As I went along I found one small plant dwarfed by the rest. 

On it was one pod of about five peas. As I picked it I thought that it wasn’t much, but it did what it could; it gave all that it had!

Sometimes we think what someone else has to give isn’t much. But we are not called to judge how much someone else gives. God calls each of us to give all we can, all we feel led to give, no matter how great, no matter how small. 

And we are called to give thanks for all who give, no matter how great, no matter how small the gift.

Prayer: Dear Lord, teach us gratitude for small gifts as well as great gifts and gratitude for the giver of both great and small gifts. We pray as Jesus taught us, saying, ‘Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name, your kingdom come, your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven. Give us today our daily bread. And forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one.’ Amen