The poor are shunned even by their neighbors, but the rich have many friends. It is a sin to despise one’s neighbor, but blessed is the one who is kind to the needy. – Proverbs 14:20-21

God is our refuge and strength,A very present help in trouble.Therefore we will* not fear, though the earth do change,And though the mountains be shaken into the heart of the seas;Though the waters thereof roar and be troubled,Though the mountains tremble with the swelling thereof.  Selah – Psalm 46:1-3 *I grew up reading the NIV (New…

…for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, and all are justified freely by his grace through the redemption that came by Christ Jesus. God presented Christ as a sacrifice of atonement, through the shedding of his blood – to be received by faith. He did this to demonstrate his righteousness,…