JESUS LOVED WOMEN=AND WIDOWS=and
SO DO I
Did you KNOW=That in Jesus’ day=MANY of his FOLLOWERS=were
Women and
WIDOWS?=In Jesus’ day=Women were considered to be=SECOND
CLASS CITIZENS=
But Jesus was ALWAYS COUNTER CULTURAL=and many of the
WOMEN=DONATED=
In fact=To his TEACHINGS and HIS MINISTRY!
So WHAT was it=About Jesus=That DREW both men and WOMEN=as
well as WIDOWS=and
Even children?=Jesus LOVED every human being=Regardless of race-ethnicity-occupation=
OR BACKGROUND=He had many women=AMONG his closest friends=Mary
Magdalene=
Was his BEST FRIEND=and WHAT ABOUT=the other women?=
“As Jesus=and his
disciples=Were on their way=He acme to a Village=Where a WOMAN=
Named Martha=Opened her home to him=She had a sister=Called
Martha=who sat at the
Lord’s feet=Listening to what he said” LUKE 1:38-39
“WHEN they came back=From the tomb=They told all these
things=To the eleven and to
ALL the others=It was Mary Magdalene=Joanna=Mary the mother
of James=and the others=
With them=Who told this to the apostles”
Luke 24:10
“NOW Jesus loved Martha=and her sister and Lazarus”
John 11:5
Before I go on=With Jesus’ COMPASSION for widows=I want to
say=I have LOVED and
RESPECTED WOMEN=all of my life=and I also have a DEEP
RESPECT for widows=Who have
TURNED OUT to be=GREAT FRIENDS to me=In fact=When I was
young and DATING=The young girl’s
Mother=Usually liked me=MORE than the girl did==And Jesus’
RESPECT for women and widows=
Was passed on down to his apostles=Jesus LOVED the WOMEN and
the WIDOWS=and so
DO I!
“HE DEFENDS the cause=Of the fatherless=and the WIDOW=and
LOVES the foreigner residing=
Among you=Giving them food and clothing”
Deuteronomy 10:18
“AS Jesus looked up=He saw the rich=Putting their gifts=Into
the temple treasury=He also saw
A POOR WIDOW=Put in two=VERY small copper coins=’Truly I
tell you’=he said=’THIS POOR WIDOW=Has put in more than=All the others=ALL
these people gave their gifts=Out of their
Wealth=But she out of her poverty=PUT IN=all she had to live
on’”
Luke 21:1-4
“RELIGION that God OUR FATHER=Accepts as PURE and
faultless=is this=To look after=
Orphans and WIDOWS=and their distress=and to keep
oneself=From being Polluted by
The world”
James 1:27
JESUS LOVED=THE WOMEN
and the WIDOWS=and so DO I!
Jesus has MESSAGES OF HOPE AND REDEMPTION=for all the
widows=and ALL THE WOMEN=
TWO further examples of this are yet to come=ONE is in
Chapter 7=Of Saint Luke’s GOSPEL=
WHERE Luke tells the story=Of How Jesus is FILLED WITH
COMPASSION=When the only
Son of the Widow Nain=is being buried=and Jesus brings the
YOUNG MAN=Back to life=
Jesus said’=’Young man=I say to you GET UP!’=and the dead
man=Sat up and began to talk=and
Then Jesus gave him=BACK TO HIS MOTHER” Luke
7:14-15
And FINALLY=Jesus breaks down=ALL THE CULTURAL BARRIERS yet
again=One more time=When
He speaks to an=IMMORAL WOMAN==In Samaria of all places
(John 4:24-25)=and this woman
BECOMES TRANSFORMED TOO
JESUS LOVED THE WOMAN=and the WIDOWS=At a time=When it was
NOT the norm( I DO TOO)!=
Dear Lord=WE PRAY=for you to HELP US to=LOVE AND RESPECT
ALL=In our life=for all of US=are
ONE=IN THE KINGDOM OF GOD!=Jesus loved=THE WOMEN and the
WIDOWS=and I do too!
In Jesus’ name=and in the name=of our FOREVER LIVING=Forever
loving=FOREVER ACCEPTING=
The FATHER GOD=Of every single ONE of us!
Robert P. Wallman
3-17-2026
Ps INSPIRED BY
THE SON=Jesus=Of the Holy Father God!
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