5/13/2023 0 Comments The orphans mike evansIn Psalm 68:5, we read that “a father to the fatherless, a defender of widows, is God in His holy dwelling.” In other words, God’s very home is identified with those who have no parents or husband. It won’t be long till you come across a passage about widows and orphans. Pick up a Bible, open to any page and start reading. And rarely in the Bible is that character made clearer than God’s love for widows and orphans. This is an uncomfortable truth for those of us who aren’t necessarily poor or marginalized, but it’s an important part of understanding the true character of God. Over and over again in the Bible, God identifies with the poor, the marginalized and those on the fringes of society. Most of us are not among the estimated 100 million persons who are currently displaced from their home, but Jesus tells us in no uncertain terms that he is. In a time of mass displacement - the sort of humanitarian crisis so enormous and distant that it’s difficult for many Americans to visualize it, let alone remember that it’s an ongoing and mounting catastrophe - it’s hard not to think of Matthew 25, where God identifies with the poor and marginalized.
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