Many face constant court battles just to get a small fraction of their previous income in spousal and child support. Women who chose to stay at home with their children have suddenly been forced back into the workforce after experiencing the devastation of abuse and divorce. In our ministry we see many single women and their children struggling with poverty. ![]() This is a theme that runs throughout the bible yet it certainly doesn’t seem to be much of a focus in many of our churches today. I believe the church has greatly failed to answer his call to these assist the “least of these” among us. I love how God highlights helping the “fatherless and the widows.” Besides traditional widows, in modern terms, we have many single moms and children who no longer have full time fathers in their lives. Yet, in the passage I read this morning God tells us that blessing others is one of the keys to being blessed.Īt the end of every three years, bring all the tithes of that year’s produce and store it in your towns, so that the Levites (who have no allotment or inheritance of their own) and the aliens, the fatherless and the widows who live in your towns may come and eat and be satisfied, and so that the LORD your God may bless you in all the work of your hands. It’s rare that we meditate as much on how we can bless others. ![]() ![]() ![]() We think about how we can increase our income, improve our health, and find satisfaction in our relationships. Let’s be honest, most of us spend a great deal of time focusing on how to improve our lot in life.
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