THE RIGHT THING TO DO

THE RIGHT THING TO DO


Today=Jesus tells us
That we should give to
THE POOR=even though
They can't repay you


Jesus tells us that our
GOAL should not be equity=
But GENEROSITY-
Because it is
THE RIGHT THING TO DO


“When you hold a banquet-
INVITE the POOR-the crippled-
The lame-the blind


Blessed you will be
Because of their
INABILITY to repay you” Luke 14:13-14


God has always had
An AFFAIR with the POOR=
Jesus too


The BIBLE is laced
With readings about the POOR
In both the OLD TESTAMENT
And the NEW


LOVE the poor-
Treat the poor
With GENEROSITY
Because it is
THE RIGHT THING TO DO


“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 19:17


“You have been
A refuge
To the POOR


A refuge
To the needy
In their distress


A shelter
From the storm
And a shade
From the heat


For the breath
Of the ruthless
Is like a storm
Driving against a wall” Isaiah 25:4


MANY of Jesus' TEACHINGS
Go against the norm
This one reminds me


Of the ONE about us=
Our giving and fasting=
That it should be
CONCEALED from others


We should give to the
POOR=those less fortunate
Than ourselves=simply because


It is=THE RIGHT THING
TO DO


“You will always have
THE POOR among you


But you will
NOT always have me” John 12:8


“In Joppa=there was a disciple=
Named Tabitha
(In Greek her name is Dorcas)


She was-
Always doing good
And HELPING THE POOR” Acts 9:36


Jesus tells us to do
THE RIGHT THING=not for esteem
Among our peers


But simply because
It is=
THE RIGHT THING TO DO


In Jesus' name=and in the name=of our always forgiving-LIVING=LOVING FATHER!


Robert P. Wallman
11-4-19




Ps INSPIRED by an article in LIVING FAITH MAGAZINE by Phil Fox Rose