It may just be the mood I'm in lately, but it's the first verse that spoke to me.
Blessed are those who have regard for the weak;
the LORD delivers them in times of trouble.
I've been thinking a lot lately about just who the 'weak' are in my life. And along that note, just who are the 'widows and orphans' we're supposed to look out for? I don't know about you, but there aren't a lot of orphans running around my streets lately. Widows, I've got. But what about the people I work with most- college students. They are not likely to have a lot of either around. So maybe we can take 'weak, widows, and orphans" as both literally AND figuratively.
Back in the day, widows and orphans were destitute, there were no orphanages or retirement homes around. They were the most needy of society. The argument could be made the new 'widows and orphans' are the homeless. But let's go further.
What if our 'widows and orphans' are everyone around us who is hurting, in need, weak, fearful, sick, sad, lonely, hungry, or destitute- physically or spiritually? We want God to help us in our times of need, but are we in fact helping those who are in their time of need?
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