"What shall then answer the messengers of the nations? That the Lord hath founded Zion, and the poor of his people shall trust in it."
This is a verse from a section that talks about God coming to make things right, leading into the Millennium. I really like the idea that Zion is about taking care of the poor people. When we think of there being "no poor among them" (Moses 7:18), we can sometimes think that being poor is a side effect of unrighteousness, but just as all righteous people are not rich, all poor people are not unrighteous. :) Although a lot of other wrongs will be righted, Christ *specifically* establishes Zion (the Millennial version) in order to take care of the poor. Which makes me wonder if we are doing enough, even our small spheres of influence and responsibility, to help.
Today, let's think about how we can help (not assuming that *we* are the poor, but thinking about how we can help others). As we reach out people who are poor in any way, not necessarily monetarily, but that too, God will bless us as though we had helped him personally. :) And on the days that we are poor, in whatever way, let's remember to reach out to God, who will not leave us comfortless.
2 Nephi 24:32
This is a verse from a section that talks about God coming to make things right, leading into the Millennium. I really like the idea that Zion is about taking care of the poor people. When we think of there being "no poor among them" (Moses 7:18), we can sometimes think that being poor is a side effect of unrighteousness, but just as all righteous people are not rich, all poor people are not unrighteous. :) Although a lot of other wrongs will be righted, Christ *specifically* establishes Zion (the Millennial version) in order to take care of the poor. Which makes me wonder if we are doing enough, even our small spheres of influence and responsibility, to help.
Today, let's think about how we can help (not assuming that *we* are the poor, but thinking about how we can help others). As we reach out people who are poor in any way, not necessarily monetarily, but that too, God will bless us as though we had helped him personally. :) And on the days that we are poor, in whatever way, let's remember to reach out to God, who will not leave us comfortless.
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