Just because God may not call you to adopt, he still commands you to care for the orphans. If you don't believe me, read the verses below. Some of these are some of my favorite Bible verses and others I found through a super quick google search. These are only 10 of the numerous verses:
"Religion that God our Father accepts as pure and faultless is this: to look after orphans and widows in their distress and to keep oneself from being polluted by the world." James 1:27
"Learn to do right! Seek justice, encourage the oppressed. Defend the cause of the fatherless, plead the case of the widow." Isaiah 1:17
"Do not take advantage of a widow or an orphan." Exodus 22:22
"He defends the cause of the fatherless and the widow, and loves the alien, giving him food and clothing." Deuteronomy 10:18
"Defend the cause of the weak and fatherless; maintain the rights of the poor and oppressed. Rescue the weak and needy; deliver them from the hand of the wicked." Psalm 82:3-4
"Do not oppress the widow or the orphan, the alien or the poor. In your hearts do not think evil of each other." Zechariah 7:10
"Do not deprive the alien or the orphan of justice, or take the cloak of the widow as a pledge." Deuteronomy 24:17
"This is what the LORD says: Do what is just and right. Rescue from the hand of his oppressor the one who has been robbed. Do no wrong or violence to the alien, the fatherless or the widow, and do not shed innocent blood in this place." Jeremiah 22:3
"'Cursed is the man who withholds justice from the alien, the orphan or the widow.' Then all the people shall say, Amen!'" Deuteronomy 27:19
"A father to the fatherless, a defender of widows, is God in his holy dwelling." Psalm 68:5
Now that is all the proof I need.
On a completely different note, Monday Gabe had his first 'accident.' A little background: when I shower in the morning I put Gabe in his bouncy seat, strap him in and give him something to play with.
Yesterday just after I finished showering, Gabe started to rocking in his bouncy. And he rocked and rocked and rocked. And rocked so hard that he flipped the chair. Oh the horror! Gabriel's super cute bottom teeth bit into his upper lip. The blood poured out, Gabe cried and I felt terrible. After the blood stopped Gabe was a complete champ by sucking on a frozen teething toy so his lip didn't swell too much but he does have a nice little cut in his upper lip. Needless to say, the bouncy seat is no longer a seating option for the Gabester!
Pictures of our little champ with his first fat lip:
(blowing raspberries at the camera to tell Mama he's all done)
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