“Whoso stoppeth his ears at the cry of the poor, he also shall cry himself, but shall not be heard.” -Proverbs 21:13

This passage of scripture gives me warning not to turn away from those in need, but to hear their cries and respond the best way I can.  I do have a heart for the poor and want to see everyone taken care of, and I know scripture teaches that the poor will be among us always, but something in me wants to shatter that notion.  But just as Jesus was right with Peter denying him 3 times “before the cock crowed.”, I can know that that particular passage of scriptured will be fulfilled as well.

But in reading this proverb helps me to understand just because there will always be poor among us, doesn’t mean for me to go on as if they do not exist.  Something in me believes they, the poor, will always be there in order to give us, those that have, the opportunity to share and give of ourselves.  It grieves me to think even now with our healthcare issue, that there are people really believing that denying people access to healthcare will make our nation stronger.  To me those that oppose healthcare reform are those that are stopping the ears “at the cry of the poor,”. 

See it’s the poor that is hurting, not those with money, not those with the jobs and healthcare, not those that own the businesses trying to keep it all for themselves.  Now I am not opposed to anyone doing well for themselves, setting themselves up and their family for success, by owning and operating businesses that bring great success.  I applaud those efforts, and seek it for my own family, but I do have a problem with those same people allowing greed to creep in so much as to turn their eyes away from the people in need.

Well I guess I don’t have to get all in a tizzy and yell obscenities in public places to get my point accross, all we have to do is wait and see the salvation of the Lord.  He said to those that do “stoppeth his ears at the cry of the poor, he also shall cry himself, but [he] shall not be heard.”

Be wise.