So this post is like months late!! But basically what I wanted to say is that one of the big things God was showing me through my reading of the Pentateuch was that the poor isn't just a charity case or this distant people group we're supposed to be praying for because the Bible tells us to defend the oppressed, take up the cause of the fatherless, and plead the case of the widow. But rather, they are our BROTHERS AND SISTERS!! I saw that mostly in Leviticus of all places O.O!! I feel like lately, God keeps affirming that this is a right view.... might be the longest post ever if I detail it more... so I won't!
We read through Ruth in PRIME a while ago (yeah.... the trend here seems to be long overdue reflections), and basically the Scripture screamed at me about how much God looooves and cares for widows... !! And I'm also reading through Luke with the middle school girls, and read Luke 7 yesterday about how Jesus raises a widow's son, her only son, and v. 13 says that when he saw her, "he had compassion on her." wowwow
