Leviticus 1:14

Of fowls. Turtledoves and pigeons were inexpensive, and even the poor could afford to bring one. It should be remembered that the offerings of ch. 1 were voluntary. But a heart overflowing with love would find some way of bringing a gift to God, however small it might be. Such offerings were as precious in the sight of God as the more pretentious ones.

Jesus plainly taught this when He said of the widow who cast in the two mites, that she “hath cast in more than they all” (Luke 21:3, 4). A mite being worth only a fraction of a cent, her gift was small indeed. But she gave all she had. The amount she gave was not the true measure of her gift. It was not what she gave but what she had left that counted.