Line item in family budget for the poor and needy?
As I was reading this I wonder something. God is telling the Jews, when they harvest their fields, shake their olive trees, pick their grapes, do whatever they need to do for their livelihood, that whatever gets left behind or is left over, they are to leave it for the foreigners, widows, orphans, poor etc... And it made me wonder, should we be setting aside from our income money to care for the widows, poor, orphans, etc... I mean, I know when opportunities present themselves for us to help others, it is a struggle because we usually spend everything each week paying bills. I mean, we stick to our budget for the most part, but what if we put a line item in our budget to care for needy people, widows, orphans, etc... I mean, God has called us to care for the needs of people and as I see it today, many Christians, including myself are unable to really do that because we don't see our resources as God's resources, or we know our resources are given to us to fulfill His purposes but really don't live our lives that way. Help me God, to live this way and do all I can to meet the needs of poor and needy people.
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