Scripture: Exodus 22:26-27
If you take your neighbor’s cloak in pawn, you shall restore it before the sun goes down; for it may be your neighbor’s only clothing to use as cover; in what else shall that person sleep? And if your neighbor cries out to me, I will listen, for I am compassionate.
Thought for the Day: I’ve always loved this passage and similar ones found in the Hebrew scriptures. As I read these words, I find a God who is incredibly practical. Too often religion makes God into some inaccessible being who is only interested in incomprehensible doctrines and ideologies. But here in this passage we are introduced to a God who is concerned about a guy having something warm to wear to bed. Don’t get me wrong, theology and philosophy (the ways we talk about God) are incredibly important, but what we find here is that when we talk about God it should be in down-to-earth terms. Anyone whose compassion is focused on a warm nightgown for an individual who knowingly traded his away is someone who is concerned about the ordinary commonsense things that concern us all. That someone is our God.
Prayer: O Creator of All, thank you for being concerned about the most basic of needs even when I am knowingly traded them away. Amen.
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