Help Your Neighbor

Help Your Neighbor

“He can suffer. He has to work for his food.” “Why should I visit her in jail? She got what she deserved.” “She needs a jacket. You have 3. Why can’t you give her one?”

Reach across an ocean or across the table to help others who need food, company, shelter and clothes. God doesn’t abandon us because of our circumstances or self-inflicted situations. Help your neighbor.

Inspired by Matthew 25:31-40

When the Son of Man comes in his glory, and all the angels with him, then he will sit on the throne of his glory. All the nations will be gathered before him, and he will separate people from one another as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats, and he will put the sheep at his right hand and the goats at the left. Then the king will say to those at his right hand, ‘come, you that are blessed by my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world; for I was hungry and you gave me food, I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink, I was a stranger and you welcomed me, I was naked and you gave me clothing. I was sick and you took care of me, I was in prison and you visited me. Then the righteous will answer him, ‘Lord, when was it that we saw you hungry and gave you food, or thirsty and gave you something to drink? And when was it that we saw you a stranger and welcomed you, or naked and gave you clothing? And when was it that we saw you sick or in prison and visited you?’ And the king will answer them, ‘Truly I tell you, just as you did it to the one of the least of these who are members of my family, you did it to me.’”