Friday!

Proverbs!

Don't rob a poor person because he is poor, and don't crush the oppressed at the city gate,

Proverbs 22:22 CSB

Why would someone rob a poor person? 

Doesn't it seem like high risk, low reward?

A poor person is vulnerable. 

A poor person has less power.

A poor person has no one to call to, or no one who will believe them, or no one will care. 

Don't rob a poor person becuase you can get away with it.

Who is it that's at the city gate?

The vulnerable, the left out, the excluded. Excluded from society for some reason. Illness, disability, ethnicity... maybe poor choices, maybe circumstances that have been beyond their control. 

But they're people. 

I'm quite subtle in my crushing work. It's a joke, or joining in a conversation about someone, or a label that pops into my mind that I don't challenge. 

It's in not seeing the vulnerable person in front of me, because I haven't cared enough to hear their story. 

"Lord, help me to see past my bias today, to crush labels not people, to love as you would have me love today.

Amen"

#dangerousprayers

#nolabels