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Friday!
Proverbs!
The righteous understands the cause of the poor, 
but the wicked is unconcerned.
Proverbs 28:7 CJB
This word translated "cause" carries the meaning of cause, judgment, justice, rights.
Proverbs is written in a context of our God giving rules so that the poor will be cared for, not ignored or treated as less than.
The book of Genesis has the idea that people are made in God's image, have received His breath, have purpose in the world, are made for connection with God, one another, the land, and within themselves.
Can we sit with the cause of the poor?
In the world?
In our country?
In our community?
In our whanau?
Do I understand what this simple proverb is asking?
I do know that at times I choose to not understand, sometimes because the problem can seem so big, so far away, that injustice is at its cause and I can't fix that. And this proverb pops me in the category of the "wicked"!
But Proverbs is not a weapon to beat ourselves or anyone else with but a window into our hearts, so as I sit with this proverb I'm wondering how i see people, how I blame them, label them, and know that our God reminds me that there is no "them".
There's only us.
"Lord help me to understand more of the cause of the poor and how you want me to be in this world.
Amen"
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