Deuteronomy 14:28-29 “At the end of every third year you shall bring out the tithe of your produce of that year and store it up within your gates. And the Levite, because he has no portion nor inheritance with you, and the stranger and the fatherless and widow who are within your gates, may come and eat and be satisfied, that the Lord your GOD may bless you in all the work of your hand which you do.”
We can see in these Scriptures that the Lord, our Creator, has compassion for the widow and the poor. He made a way in the Old Covenant for the needy and helpless to be cared for in Israel. Under the New Covenant, He doesn't have set commands to care for the needy among His people except for the "royal law" to "love your neighbor as yourself". Why will we always have the poor among us, even in the Church? Because this royal law of love is so little practiced among His people.
Below is Poleramma, one of our widows. Her husband was blind, and had a heart for Christ. Poleramma would bring him to the church (before he passed in early 2020), just so that he could be in church and be encouraged, even though she didn't have the same desire. After he died, she has continued to come, and seems to be doing better with the Lord. Please continue to pray for our widows & elderly ministry.
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