REMEMBERING

Today's reading: Deuteronomy 23-25

"When you are harvesting your crops and forget to bring in a bundle of grain from your field, don't go back and get it. Leave it for the foreigners, orphans and widows...Do not glean the vines after they are picked, but leave any remaining grapes for the foreigners, orphans and widows. Remember that you were slaves in Egypt. That is why I am giving you this command." Deuteronomy 24:19-22 NLT

Leaving some for the less fortunate.

Giving to others out of our abundance.

Providing needs to the needy.

Perfect reminders of just what it is we are supposed to do this holy season.

But I love that God instructed on the 'why' of what He has asked us.

Because, and it's important to remember, we were once the needy, helpless, hopeless and fatherless...until Jesus came!