Day 47 – See a Need….Fill a Need!
Todays Reading: Deuteronomy 14 – 16
Deuteronomy 15:7-8 “If among you, one of your brothers should become poor, in any of your towns within your land that the Lord your God is giving you, you shall not harden your heart or shut your hand against your poor brother, but you shall open your hand to him and lend him sufficient for his need, whatever it may be.”
People all around you are going through some kind of hard time.
Maybe you are going through a hard time as we speak.
Over the past 15 years, Brett and I have had our fair share of hard times, whether it be financial, miscarriage, 7 months of bed rest, or the loss of a child. But through all of these hard times our brothers and sisters around us have stepped in and helped us.
These have been selfless acts of love that we will cherish for eternity.
We can’t let those around us struggle through, we must be there for them and give each of them what they are in need of. I completely understand not enabling someone, but if someone has fallen on hard times, it’s not always enabling.
In this particular passage, Moses is talking with the Israelites about when a neighbor falls on times where they can’t even afford food to eat or blankets to warm them, but others in the community provide for everything they need.
It is always more joyful to give than to receive, that’s why even when we had very little, we would go out of our way to give back, even when we lost our own child I would mourn over the loss of a friend.
My heart always loves more as I give more, so when there is a need I desire to fill it…how about you?
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