Orphan "Everyday"

Hebrews 13:8-16

⁸Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever. ⁹Do not be led away by diverse and strange teachings, for it is good for the heart to be strengthened by grace, not by foods, which have not benefited those devoted to them. ¹⁰We have an altar from which those who serve the tent have no right to eat. ¹¹For the bodies of those animals whose blood is brought into the holy places by the high priest as a sacrifice for sin are burned outside the camp. ¹²So Jesus also suffered outside the gate in order to sanctify the people through his own blood. ¹³Therefore let us go to him outside the camp and bear the reproach he endured. ¹⁴For here we have no lasting city, but we seek the city that is to come. ¹⁵ Through him then let us continually offer up a sacrifice of praise to God, that is, the fruit of lips that acknowledge his name. ¹⁶Do not neglect to do good and to share what you have, for such sacrifices are pleasing to God.


Posing a reflective question to the "man in the mirror" (i.e., me)...

Yesterday was "Orphan Sunday"; a day where the visible church turns its "spotlight" on the mission that is caring for the orphan/fatherless.

So, how does the 1-day "event" that is Orphan Sunday become part of our daily lifestyle?

Maybe I should go back and really, really ponder what Jesus means when He says "Follow Me"...