Friday, March 7, 2025

The least of these

For I was hungry and you gave me something to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink, I was a stranger and you invited me in, I needed clothes and you clothed me, I was sick and you looked after me, I was in prison and you came to visit me.
- Matthew 25:35-36

She lay in the palm of my hand—two months old, weighing less than three pounds. We rushed her from the stick house in Guatemala where her mother and siblings lived, to a medical clinic recently stocked with supplies—a donation made possible by Bridge of Hope partners. Only a couple of months ago, her limbs were thin as reeds, but today they are chubby and strong. The black circles under her eyes are gone. She smiles! She laughs! She lives, praise God, she lives!

Satan did not claim that little girl. But there are so many others who still need rescuing. There are so many other little ones that are as thin, weak and helpless as Elvira used to be. They need the things we take for granted every day.

Pray without ceasing for these children—the needy and the hurting. Give what you can so they might live and know of the love of the Father, for when we give a helping hand to “the least of these,” we help Christ Himself.

Further Reading

• Jeremiah 22:16
• Proverbs 11:25
• Psalms 41:1