“All night they lie naked in the cold, without clothing or covering. They are soaked by mountain showers, and they huddle against the rocks for want of a home. Job 24:7-8 NLT
I kept watching the door to see if he had had enough. With evening temperatures plummeting, and howling winds making the air feel more like a January night instead of one in mid-March, Famous wanted to sit outside on the deck. I was not going to sit with him! We had just finished our evening walk a few minutes earlier, and I was not going to venture back outside, especially without all the padding of parka and shapka. So I sat inside wondering why he was choosing the dark and the cold over the cozy fire on the inside. Three times I walked over to open the door and invite him inside. But he just looked at me as if he were thinking, “No thanks. I’m doing just fine.” Finally, I saw him stir, and on the fourth try he accepted my invitation. As he trotted past me I imagined him saying, “That was exhilarating!”
Famous has me to look out for him, even in the miserable wet and cold which have hit us for the past few days. Nevertheless, we make our daily outdoor treks. But who looks out for those who are without, I mean the wretchedly poor? They may be homeless, exiled, or forgotten. Who watches over them while the rest of the world lives comfortably even to excess? God does not forget them. But we must not forget God charges us to help bear their burdens, not make them heavier. When we allow fear and gluttony to control our deeds, then we are rebelling against God, and He will be the one to cast us outside.
Help me to not turn away from those who need me today.
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