Widows and orphans found themselves stranded at the bottom of the social food chain.
Not exact matches
Actually, yes you can know that what was done there pleased the Lord because he tells us that the religion that He
finds to be pleasing is to take care of
widows and orphans.
Because they (attempt to) care for
widows,
orphans, the homeless, the addicted
and spend millions of dollars
and travel thousands of miles to
find people who do not any type of access to the gospel
and translate the Bible into their native language, or build schools
and hospitals as well as churches their witness
and their faith is nullified because they (wrongfully) dismiss porn stars
and the people trying to reach them?
Like this: «Truly honoring God
and the highest
and best of all that is, is
found in simple acts of kindness
and human decency, such as taking care of
orphans,
widows,
and those on the fringes of your society.»
Waqfs were established to furnish trousseaux for
orphan girls, for paying the debts of imprisoned or bankrupt businessmen, for clothing for the aged, to help pay village
and neighborhood taxes, to help the army
and the navy, to
found trade guilds, to give land for public markets, to build lighthouses, to help
orphans and widows and the destitute, to care for the needs of poor school children
and to give them picnics, to pay for the funerals of the poor, to provide holiday gifts for poor families, to build seaside cottages for holidays for the people, to distribute ice - cold water during the summer, to create public playing fields, to distribute rice to birds,
and to give food
and water to animals.
Here is an approach to the
widow, the
orphan and the refugee that I actually
find very beautiful.
You don't have to look far to
find the needy,
widows, the displaced, the unemployed
and orphans.
ES: Reading the Bible, we
find a lot of verses about the poor, the imprisoned, the
widowed,
and the
orphaned.
In recent years the clergy have
found their place in the greater security of a welfare society, as shown by the provision of Pension Funds for the clergy (such as the efficient Church Pension Fund in America, organized in 1917) in lieu of earlier efforts to relieve their distressed
widows and orphans.
Taking care of
orphans and widows is a mandate from God
found throughout Scripture.
Since I started working with the professionals I
found on Reedsy, I have learned so much about the publishing industry
and its standards: from learning about
widows and orphans thanks to my copy editor, to understanding bleeds
and crops from my designer, my team helped me acquire the knowledge I needed to become an indie publisher.
«Started in Newark, New Jersey, in 1875, Prudential Financial was originally called The
Widows and Orphans Friendly Society
and then the Prudential Friendly Society
and was
founded by John F. Dryden, who later became a U.S. Senator.
Prudential was
founded from the organization called the
Widows and Orphans Friendly Society that sold a single product: burial insurance.
In the 1870s, military officers banded together to
found both the Army (AAFMAA)
and the Navy Mutual Aid Association (Navy Mutual), inspired by the plight of
widows and orphans left stranded in the West after the Battle of the Little Big Horn,
and of the families of U.S. sailors who died at sea.
«Started in Newark, New Jersey, in 1875, Prudential Financial was originally called The
Widows and Orphans Friendly Society
and then the Prudential Friendly Society
and was
founded by John F. Dryden, who later became a U.S. Senator.