HEARING THE CRY OF THE POOR

HEARING THE CRY OF THE POOR


Our God-our Lord-has a
Long-standing LOVE AFFAIR
With the POOR of this world


So much so
That WHEN he sent his Son
To this world


He sent him as a poor son
In a poor family
To LIVE HIS PASSION


“SON though he was
He learned OBEDIENCE
From what he suffered” Hebrews 5:8


This world has
LONG exploited the poor


Yet our God
HEARS the CRY of the POOR


The question becomes
Not only do we/or can we
HEAR the cry of the poor


But CAN we learn
OBEDIENCE like Jesus
From our own suffering
In this world?


And really and truly
TURN to humble service
Of the poor?


“This poor man called
And the Lord
HEARD him


He saved him
OUT of all of his troubles” Psalm 34:6


“WHOEVER
Is KIND to the poor
Lends to the Lord


And he will reward them
For what they have done” Proverbs 19:17


“The Spirit of the Lord
Is on me
Because he-has anointed me


To PROCLAIM good news
To the poor
….....” Luke 4:18


Today-Mark speaks-of Jesus
BEING the bridegroom


And in Luke Jesus says,
“But when you give a banquet
INVITE the POOR-the crippled-
the lame-the blind-


And you will be BLESSED


Although they cannot repay you
You be repaid
At the resurrection
Of the righteous” Luke 14:13


I HOPE to be
At the banquet of our Lord
How about you?


WHAT YOU DO for
The LEAST of my brothers
That you do unto me


HEARING the cry of the poor


TURNING in humble service
To the poor-
Just like God and Jesus


BE LIKE the poor widow
Give something=of how much
You have-EVEN if it is
Just a little


HEARING their cry


“Hear my CRY for help
My King and my God
For to you I pray” Psalm 5:2


“Whoever shuts their ears
To the cry of the poor


Also will cry out
And not be answered” Proverbs 21:13


Dear Lord-dear Jesus-we OPEN
Up our hearts-and-
our ears
To the CRY OF THE POOR


JUST LIKE YOU


In the name of Jesus,


Robert P. Wallman
1-16-17


Ps INSPIRED by an article in LIVING FAITH MAGAZINE by Miguel Dulick