Ralph Waldo Emerson reminds us, "All I have seen teaches me to trust the Creator for all I have not seen." Proverbs 3:5-6 tells us, "Trust in the Lord with all your heart; do not depend on your own understanding. Seek his will in all you do, and he will show you which path to take." We sometimes trust in things and individuals that really aren't all that trustworthy. Where do you place your trust today? Is it in your financial well-being or career pathway? Is it in your ability to figure almost anything out without much effort? Or is your trust in something some may refer to as a little more 'divine' like a guardian angel? There is but one reliable place to put your trust - the cross. At the cross, all we needed was provided. All we never knew we needed was provided! Are we guilty of depending on our own understanding to figure out what is going on in our lives? If so, we likely have a very limited perspective and could actually be trusting in something...
Give justice to the poor and the orphan; uphold the rights of the oppressed and the destitute. Rescue the poor and helpless; deliver them from the grasp of evil people. (Psalm 82:3-4 NLT) Edwin Markham said, "There is a destiny which makes us brothers; none goes his way alone. All that we send into the lives of others comes back into our own." We can look on as others suffer, or we can step in, help out, find a way. The more we sit back and just watch, the more the suffering is allowed to continue. Rescue the poor and helpless has actions defined as "delivering them from the grasp of evil people". We might not understand their plight fully, but it doesn't give us any less of a commission to be of aid wherever and whenever we are able. We aren't living life on this earth in solitude, my friends. All of us breathe the same air! None of us is without need at some point in our lives. Any form of social injustice is certainly on a different level from being ou...