耶稣心里格外看重寡妇和孤儿。这不只是因为摩西律法吩咐要保护他们，更因为祂自己就是神，祂爱他们，且命令以色列人要爱他们。
申命记 10:17-19中说：“耶和华你们的神....不以貌取人....他为孤儿寡妇伸冤，又怜爱寄居的，赐给他衣食。所以你们要怜爱寄居的，因为你们在埃及地也作过寄居的。”
以色列很容易忘记，他们也曾受制于奴隶主，他们的权益没有法律保障。即使在今天，我们也可能忘记，我们的祖先刚移民时语言不通是种什么状况。如果有人能资助他们，帮助他们在一个新的地方开始，那真是天赐良机。
社会学家马特·里德利说，几个世纪以来，我们在扩大繁荣方面取得了巨大的进步。然而耶稣说：“常有穷人与你们同在”（太 26:11；参申 15:11）。祂这样说并不是在鼓励失败主义者，或消极、推卸责任的态度。而是说，哪怕社区和政府齐心努力，始终有穷人在我们中间。个人的关爱和慷慨永远都不会不合时宜。
神啊，感谢你诸多的赐福。请帮助我们成为穷乏人的祝福。奉耶稣的名祈求。阿们。
马可福音 12:41-44
41耶稣对银库坐着，看众人怎样投钱入库。有好些财主往里投了若干的钱。
42有一个穷寡妇来，往里投了两个小钱，就是一个大钱。
43耶稣叫门徒来，说：“我实在告诉你们：这穷寡妇投入库里的比众人所投的更多，
44因为他们都是自己有余，拿出来投在里头，但这寡妇是自己不足，把她一切养生的都投上了。”
“A poor widow came and put in two very small copper coins, worth only a few cents.” — Mark 12:42
Jesus had a special place in his heart for widows and orphans. That’s not just because the Law of Moses commanded that they be protected, but because he himself is the God who loves them and commanded Israel to love them. Deuteronomy 10:17-19 says, “The LORD your God ... shows no partiality. . . . He defends the cause of the fatherless and the widow, and loves the foreigner residing among you, giving them food and clothing. And you are to love those who are foreigners, for you yourselves were foreigners in Egypt.”
Israel was prone to forget that at one time they had been at the mercy of slave drivers, with no rights guaranteed by law. Even today it is possible to forget what it was like for our ancestors to be immigrants with a shaky knowledge of English. It was a godsend if there was someone who could sponsor them and help them get started in a new land.
Sociologist Matt Ridley says that we have made enormous strides through the centuries in broadening the base of prosperity. Yet Jesus said, “The poor you will always have with you” (Matthew 26:11; see Deuteronomy 15:11). He said this not to encourage a defeatist, passive, pass-the-buck attitude. But, in spite of concerted efforts by communities and governments, the poor are always among us. And individual love and generosity will never be out of place.
O God, thank you for your many blessings. Help us to be a blessing to people who are in need. In Jesus’ name we pray. Amen.
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