April 8th, 2026
by Shane Rootes
by Shane Rootes
He offered two eggs. It was not much, and yet it was everything.
In places of scarcity, giving is never casual. It is costly, intentional, and it carries weight. In that moment, the instinct might be to refuse, out of kindness, out of concern, and out of a desire not to take from someone who has so little. But this was not really about the eggs; it was about dignity.
The temptation in mission is to measure value by what we bring, our skills, our resources, and our solutions. Yet often, what matters just as much is how we honor what is offered in return.
Not because we need it, but because they need to give it. That moment was not a transaction; it was a relationship moment.
That is where true mission begins, when we stop seeing ourselves as providers and begin seeing ourselves as participants in something shared, something mutual, something deeply human.
“Freely you have received; freely give.” — Matthew 10:8
In places of scarcity, giving is never casual. It is costly, intentional, and it carries weight. In that moment, the instinct might be to refuse, out of kindness, out of concern, and out of a desire not to take from someone who has so little. But this was not really about the eggs; it was about dignity.
The temptation in mission is to measure value by what we bring, our skills, our resources, and our solutions. Yet often, what matters just as much is how we honor what is offered in return.
Not because we need it, but because they need to give it. That moment was not a transaction; it was a relationship moment.
That is where true mission begins, when we stop seeing ourselves as providers and begin seeing ourselves as participants in something shared, something mutual, something deeply human.
“Freely you have received; freely give.” — Matthew 10:8
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