When you are harvesting in your field and you overlook a sheaf, do not go back to get it. Leave it for the alien, the fatherless and the widow, so that the LORD your God may bless you in all the work of your hands.
Thoughts on Today’s Verse…
This is clearly a passage old Scrooge hadn’t seen! God has always set aside a provision for the poor. In this time of the year when many people world over take special time to look after those who are less fortunate, let’s open our date books and schedule a week to dedicate time for special generosity in May and in August to go with a heart committed to be generous all the time. Let’s not let generosity and concern for those less fortunate be a once a year thing!