Today is Orphan Sunday.
It's a day to reflect upon what God's Word says about caring for orphans.
It's a day to consider how we can step in and fill a gap.
How can we defend the fatherless? How can we show God's love to the least of these?
These are questions worth asking ourselves.
"Defend the weak and the fatherless;
uphold the cause of the poor and the oppressed."
Psalm 82:3
"When the Son of Man comes in his glory,
and all the angels with him,
then he will sit on his glorious throne.
Before him will be gathered all the nations,
and he will separate people one from another
as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats.
And he will place the sheep on his right, but the goats on the left.
Then the King will say to those on his right,
‘Come, you who 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 drink,
I was a stranger and you welcomed me,
I was naked and you clothed me,
I was sick and you visited me,
I was in prison and you came to me.’
Then the righteous will answer him, saying,
‘Lord, when did we see you hungry and feed you,
or thirsty and give you drink?
And when did we see you a stranger and welcome you,
or naked and clothe you?
And when did we see you sick or in prison and visit you?’
And the King will answer them,
‘Truly, I say to you,
as you did it to one of the least of these my brothers,
you did it to me.’"
Matthew 25:31-40
