This morning we continued the story of Genesis in Chapter 38:6-26. This is not a pretty story, and you can read it on your own. What it taught us was the idea that we need to take care of widows and others that are in need.
What exactly does the bible teach us on this topic? Deuteronomy tells us that God commanded Israel to allow aliens (foreingers), widows, and orphans to glean fro free an be protected while doing it. In Kings God has mercy on widows by providing for them iraculously no less than 3 times. Pslam 68:5 says, God is "A father to the fatherless, a defender of widows,". Proverbs 15:25 tell us that God protects teh boundaries of a widow. Jeremiah 49:11 says that God can be trusted by widows and orphans and will protect their lives. All these go to show us that God actually cares for those in need, specifically widows.
So what should our response as christians be? In Acts the apostles make it so there are specific works to help distribute the food to the widows. 1st Timothy 5:3 tells us to thelp widows who are in real need, listing that only elderly widwows who were faithful to their husbands and did good deeds should be helped. James 1:27 sums it up this way, "Religion that God our Father accepts as pure and faultless is this: to look after orphans and widows in their distress and to keep oneself from being polluted by the world." So God is looking for us to be holy but also look after those in need, we can't forget this. So what are you going to do in order to help widows, orphans, and others in need that are often overlooked? Maybe you could spend some time talking with them, mow a lawn, shovel snow, bring a meal. Regardless, do something!
I give this morning: A
Favorite moment: Johnny's friends not coming
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