However, last week in Turkey, I saw the essence of that verse in a new light. His light.
I saw my scarcity as His opportunity.
My opening keynote speech was delivered with "scarce" light and "new" bifocals which made clearly reading my notes virtually impossible.
The result had me sharing words and experiences which I had not written down. Afterwards, a lady tearfully approached me and said thanks for sharing.
"I thought I was the only one who had ever experienced that ." she said.
We talked and it was as if the Lord used those words to release her from guilt and to renew a "right spirit" within her.
When my physical strength waned from lack of sleep, younger members of the team came alongside this "senior member" and offered "an arm" as we climbed the hill in Ulus toward the castle.
Last Wednesday, as we walked the road above the refugee camp, I was privileged to deliver food to families living down those narrow paths past the garbage.
A needy place. A place of abandoned properties. A place with hungry children.
A place where the possibility of ISIS members roamed. A place deemed unsafe by some. A place of scarcity of food, both physical and spiritual. (Matthew 25:35)
At one crowded "home" a Syrian gentlemen invited us in. His "stove" offered us heat, and though he offered tea, we politely declined by "patting our chest"--- a gesture of thanks, but no thanks, as we were unable to accept because of time constraints. 
This stranger invited us in.....and offered hospitality out of his meagerness. S asked if we could pray. He said yes. Together......Syrians, Turks and Americans bowed in prayer.
I saw scarcity in lives of others that God used as an opportunity for the household of faith to share His love with both food and prayer. (Pix of family removed for their safety.)
Feed the hungry, and help those in trouble. Then your light will shine out from the darkness, (Isaiah 58:10)
In Turkey, my cuppa scarci-TEA was clearly filled many times with His opportuni-TEAs.
Opportunities to allow me to experience afresh His sufficiency for myself as well as others.
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