[5] Father of the fatherless and protector of widows is God in his holy habitation. - Psa 68:5 ESV
In the midst of David's description of the greatness of God he describes God as the Father of the orphan and the protector of widows. Help for the hurting and oppressed is a heartbeat of God. As James describes it, it is pure and undefiled religion.
[27] Religion that is pure and undefiled before God, the Father, is this: to visit orphans and widows in their affliction, and to keep oneself unstained from the world. - Jam 1:27 ESV
In our culture it is very easy to stay insulated from the pain of others - specifically the oppressed. We must remember that we in our still blessed country are the minority in the world. Oppressed orphans and widows are common in many countries around the globe and God's heart beats for them.
I don't want to pretend to know what God might have you do for these precious people. But, what would God have you do? Perhaps, it would be to educate yourself on the topic? Diana and I have a number of good books that would help you do just that. Maybe it would be to take a trip to one of these countries and familiarize yourself with the plight of orphans and widows? I don't know. I do know that they are close to the heart of God and that what He loves we should also love. I also know that love is an action word.
He is Father to the fatherless and the Protector of widows.
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