HELPING THE POOR

HELPING THE POOR


It is said that the EIGHT
Wealthiest people in the world
Have MORE money than 50%
Of the world's population


Today we READ=about Zacchaeus=
A tax collector who CLIMBED
A sycamore-fig tree
To see Jesus


Jesus told Zacchaeus that he MUST stay
At his house today


Zacchaeus' RESPONSE=
“BEHOLD-half of my possessions-Lord
I shall GIVE to the poor


And if I have extorted anything
=From anyone
I shall REPAY it
Four times over” Luke 19:8


HELPING THE POOR


What if those 8=
Gave ½ of their billions
To HELP the poor


What a DIFFERENCE that
Would MAKE in world poverty


Better yet=what if EVERYONE of us
Could make a DONATION of just $10
To


HELPING the poor and poverty-stricken
In this world


“This poor man CALLED
And the Lord HEARD him


He saved him out
Of ALL 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 19:7


“All they ASKED
Was that we should
Continue to REMEMBER


The poor=
The very thing
I had been EAGER
To do all along” Galatians 2:10


There are MANY other ways
That we CAN help the poor too


We can VOLUNTEER in
Our parishes/or churches
Or EVEN in our local communities


We can WORK with the
Legislature=to enact laws
That HELP the poor


And=of course=
We can PRAY-
For the poor=everyday


For GOD'S HELP for those
In NEED of food
And those-POOR IN SPIRIT


“BLESSED are the poor
In SPIRIT=for theirs is
The KINGDOM OF HEAVEN” Matthew 5:3


For WHATEVER we do=for those
On the MARGINS of society
Is part of our DUTY as CHRISTIANS


Dear Lord=PLEASE always help us
To have the WILL and
The COURAGE=to stand up for
And help the POOR


In Jesus' name and the name
Of his most HEAVENLY FATHER


Robert P. Wallman
11-20-17







Ps INSPIRED by an article in LIVING FAITH MAGAZINE by Paul Pennick