Make room for the Poor
“If, however, he is poor and cannot afford these…” or “When you reap the harvest of your land, do not reap to
I’ve been seeing so many (if not too many) of this line for the past few sessions of readings today. Half my readings were done this afternoon after filming and I’m still doing the rest of today’s now. So this means I’m well on track! I’m catching up and learning so much.
Coming back to the main theme of this entry, since the bible has mentions this countless times about adjusting the sin offerings, guilt offerings, and many other offerings to for the poor then this must really be incorporated into my life. Even for every atonement of sin, there is room for grace. Grace that accepts and takes in the poor or compromises ‘standard procedures’. I’m thinking such procedures are like our mindsets and how we look at the poor.
This reminds me how I should look at the poor and the needy. I need to make room for them in my life. Avoid partiality to the poor and favouritism to the rich.
