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 and 4-21-2022

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