Humans Continue God's Caring Ways

Creation: A Divine Cycle
Praise from and for God's Creation

All Creation Praises God

Deuteronomy 24:17-22. The Message

17-18 Make sure foreigners and orphans get their just rights. Don’t take the cloak of a widow as security for a loan. Don’t ever forget that you were once slaves in Egypt and God, your God, got you out of there. I command you: Do what I’m telling you.
19-22 When you harvest your grain and forget a sheaf back in the field, don’t go back and get it; leave it for the foreigner, the orphan, and the widow so that God, your God, will bless you in all your work. When you shake the olives off your trees, don’t go back over the branches and strip them bare—what’s left is for the foreigner, the orphan, and the widow. And when you cut the grapes in your vineyard, don’t take every last grape—leave a few for the foreigner, the orphan, and the widow. Don’t ever forget that you were a slave in Egypt. I command you: Do what I’m telling you.

For Reflection

Our God cares for us. We should care for each other.  Our God is just, we should be just.  Our god is compassionate. We should be compassionate. Our God protects us. We should protect each other.

Pray

Pray that you will never forget what God has done for you.  Pray that you will be humbled by the blessings of God.  Pray that you will work for justice and act justly.  Pray that you will be compassionate.  Pray that you will serve God and each other.