There are many who benefit from my personal health care, and
widows and orphans who are supported by me personally), health care and various acts of philanthropy.
Not exact matches
While innovation should always be encouraged, Bitcoin isn't yet fit as a place for
orphans and widows to shelter their nest eggs — although there are admittedly plenty of gold bugs
who would say the same about fiat currencies.
Chris Christie's attack on Rand Paul - where Christie complained about piddling «esoteric» libertarian concerns voiced by people
who were too cowardly to face «the
widows and the
orphans» of 9/11 - reminded me of something, but I couldn't put my finger on it.
It was Christ
who encouraged the fair treatment of women... God
who commands us not to neglect the poor
and to feed
orphans and widows... God
who insisted that field owners leave part of the crop behind to be picked up by hungry gleaners... God
who said men should not take advantage of one another by charging interest... Christ
who attacked the Pharisees for their rigid thinking
and superiority complex toward Samaritans... How are my values inconsistent with the teachings
and actions of God?
They all shared what they had equally, gave to those
who had none, took care of the
widows, the
orphans and the poor.
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?
With regard to others, it is our duty to cultivate within ourselves respect for the sacred
and to show the face of the revealed God — the God
who has compassion for the poor
and the weak, for
widows and orphans, for the foreigner; the God
who is so human that he himself became man, a man
who suffered,
and who by his suffering with us gave dignity
and hope to our pain.
But the Bible bears witness to another God, a God
who hears the cries of the poor
and defends the
orphans,
widows and immigrants.
With malice toward none, with charity for all, with firmness in the right as God gives us to see the right, let us strive on to finish the work we are in, to bind up the nation's wounds, to care for him
who shall have borne the battle
and for his
widow and his
orphan, to do all which may achieve
and cherish a just
and a lasting peace among ourselves
and with all nations.
By working with their hands, the elders can not only provide for their own needs without depending on the financial support of others, but also help provide for the physical needs of those
who are unable to work, people like
orphans,
widows,
and the sick, or even those
who minister with them, but
who are not able to work.
Pro-Life relates to many issues: insurance for those
who can not afford, gun control, illegal drug traffic, poverty (homeless, elderly, etc.
widows and orphans)... we are becoming pawns used to dominate the politics of losers
who can not justify their candidacy by any other means.
In both the Old
and New Testaments hunger is linked with other terms describing those
who have been forced by societal conditions into a marginal existence — the poor, the needy, the
widow, the
orphan, the oppressed.
Songs from the perspective of
orphans and widows who have been sold into sex slavery.
Yup, Love you neighbor as yourself, take care of the
orphans and widows, visit the sick,
and teachings about some silly guy named Jesus
who went around rebuking the religious
and healing the sick
and demonized.
We urgently need to design pastoral strategies (
and even select the times for our meetings
and worship services) according to the needs of that great mass of excluded people
who form part of non-traditional families: single mothers, families divided by divorce, grandmothers
who raise their grandchildren,
widows,
orphans, street children, etc..
Above that tableau, the soaring words of the martyred president ring out: «to bind up the nation's wounds, to care for him
who shall have borne the battle
and for his
widow and his
orphan, to do all which may achieve
and cherish a just
and lasting peace.»
ACT Founder
and Director Dr Kunle Onabolu told Premier they «provide education for children of
widows and orphans in Africa, but also to empower
widows who are poor in rural African community, to provide them with counselling, training
and business skills so they generate income sustainably.»
He pronounces woe upon those
who join house to house,
who add field to field, until there is no more room (5:8);
and upon those
who make iniquitous decrees,
who write oppressive statutes, to turn aside the needy from justice
and to rob the poor of Yahweh's people of their right,
who make
widows their spoil
and orphans their prey (10:1 - 2).
Strategy becomes idolatry, for ancient Israel
and for us today, when we make alliances with those
who seem to offer strength — the chariots of Egypt, the vassal kings of Rome — at the expense of our dependence on God
who judges all nations,
and in defiance of God's manifest concern for the stranger, the
widow, the
orphan,
and the oppressed.
God is very sensitive to the needs of
widows and orphans and those
who CAN NOT do for themselves.
The thing to remember is that we can not out - give God,
and He honors those
who follow His commands to take care of the poor, care for the
widows, help the
orphans.
But even if you take away what Paul has to say
and leave me with only what Jesus has to say I would still have to come to the conclusion that as a person of faith I would need to support government programs that help the needy, sick
and poor... the
orphans and the
widows... those
who are oppressed
and marginalized by the majority
and the rich.
The pages of the Torah resonate with a profound concern for the socially
and economically vulnerable in society — the poor, day laborers,
orphans and widows, resident aliens,
and even the Levites
who, unlike members of other tribes, were assigned no parcels of land in Israel.
On the other hand we have seen a great (
and more successful) national leader say, while war still raged: «With malice toward none; with charity for all; with firmness in the right, as God gives us to see the right, let us strive on to finish the work we are in; to bind up the nation's wounds; to care for him
who shall have borne the battle,
and for his
widow and his
orphan — to do all which may achieve
and cherish a just,
and a lasting peace, among ourselves,
and with all nations.»
But whereas Ark Encounter aims to fulfill this mission by drawing people in through its turnstiles, I tend to think we experience
and share God's presence best when we weep with those
who weep, care for the
orphans and the
widows,
and love our neighbors as ourselves.
«The poor,
orphans,
widows / widowers, maimed people, cripples,
and all
who are diseased, go to those houses,
and are provided with every kind of help,
and doctors examine their diseases.
The bible is VERY BIG on self reliance,
and only using charity for those
who really need it (
widows,
orphans and those so maimed or handicapped that they can't work)
Marta reminds me of Tabitha, an accomplished seamstress
who made clothing for
orphans and widows and who earned the distinction of being the only woman in the New Testament referenced with the female form of the word «disciple» (Acts 9).
What is collected is deposited with the president,
and he takes care of
orphans and widows,
and those
who are in bonds,
and the strangers
who are sojourners among [us],
and, briefly, he is the protector of all those in need.
She said: «Over 70 % of the people in IDP camps are women
and children
who have been rendered
orphans and widows.
The Ibis, loaded to its gunwales with a cargo of indentured servants, is in the grip of a cyclone in the Bay of Bengal; among the dozens flailing for survival are Neel, the pampered raja
who has been convicted of embezzlement; Paulette, the French
orphan masquerading as a deck hand;
and Deeti, the
widowed poppy grower fleeing her homeland with her lover, Kalua.
Those poor little
widows and orphans of type, always getting left behind by those
who don't know any better.
Most likely the creditors will catch on (most already have) since as the Ninth Circuit noted in the Espinosa decision in describing the creditors, «we aren't talking here about destitute
widows and orphans, or people
who don't speak English or can't afford a lawyer.»
We are dealing with professional investors
who are supposed to read prospectuses, not idiot
widows and orphans relying on the SEC.
«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.
Stocks that pay generous dividends have been very good performers,
and that comes as no surprise to clever
widows and the odd
orphan,
who've been on the dividend bandwagon for decades.
«Lawyers
who won't be caught dead in a courtroom are often referred to in the vernacular as «loophole lawyers,» underhanded wimps
who use their command of legal gobbledygook to scam money from the unsuspecting, usually
widows and orphans.
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.
Mission: To fulfill President Lincoln's promise «To care for him
who shall have borne the battle,
and for his
widow,
and his
orphan» by serving
and honoring the men
and women
who are America's Veterans.
My heavenly Daddy,
who remembers «
orphans»
and «
widows,»
and who is giving me a supernatural peace beyond any human understanding!