Whoever is kind to the poor lends to the Lord , and he will reward them for what they have done.

Proverbs 19:17 NIV

Does this proverb point us to Jesus?

Jesus is the one who is kind, gracious, extends grace towards...he is the one full of grace and truth.

Who are the poor then? 

The ones dangling by a thread, those in need?

That's us.

We could not stand before the Lord, Yahweh. Our sin, my sin, taints everything. 

I am the poor person of this proverb.

Jesus kindness and grace took him from heaven, to the manger, and to the cross. 

And in resurrection he is restored.

And this is our hope as we gaze back at Christmas to a manger and a baby and God entering into the story in the smallest and most outrageous way, to meet with us, dwell with us, the poor.

In our culture that glorifies bigger and more powerful, we look back on Jesus who arrived small and vulnerable.

Jesus who made himself vulnerable to death itself, so that, we might have Life!

All because He loves.

Loves us. 

The poor. 

He reaches us, dangling, hanging by a thread, and pulls us into His family.

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