Lent Day 27, Monday, Mar 15, 2021

“Be Generous to a Neighbor.”

One of the lessons we learned from the COVID pandemic is that “Being Neighborly” is more important than it has been in a long time.

When the pandemic surfaced, we learned that living isolated from our neighbors wouldn’t work anymore. Production of some goods and services stopped and we discovered that we needed things that weren’t readily accessible. Sharing resources with neighbors became commonplace as we tried to satisfy some of our most basic needs.

Did we experience any joy as we shared with others? Did we feel as though we helped to make a difference? Did our neighbors experience similar thoughts and feelings as they helped provide for us?

Now that we are beginning to see some light at the end of the Covid-tunnel, it’s important to call attention to some of the valuable lessons we learned. Sharing with neighbors is one of the most important, in part, because they represent our closest human contact. We share common geography that each other understands, and at some point down the road, we might find that the common ground we share is more fertile with God’s blessings than we thought.

Today’s Challenge is to be Generous with a neighbor. How do we define “Generous” in today’s Challenge?” That’s up to you!

“Now if there are some poor persons among you, say one of your fellow Israelites in one of your cities in the land that the Lord your God is giving you, don’t be hard-hearted or tightfisted toward your poor fellow Israelites. To the contrary! Open your hand wide to them. You must generously lend them whatever they need.” (Deuteronomy 15:7-8, CEB).