Banquet of Love

"But when you give a banquet, invite the poor, the crippled, the lame, the blind."
-Luke 14:3
My team took this verse to heart and we had a 'banquet' for the orphans from the children's home in Nepal. We had some Nepali food, and then we took them a field and played games with them. After we got back, we surprised them with ice cream! Imagine their squeals of delight at this special treat! That day was a lot of fun, and it is kind of neat to think we were literally living out Scripture.

There are so many verses about justice and the oppressed and widows and orphans. We are urged to care for them.

Seek justice, encourage the oppressed. Defend the cause of the fatherless, plead the cause of the widow. -Isaiah 1:17

Suppose a brother or sister is without clothes and daily food. If one of you says to him, "Go, I wish you well; keep warm and well fed," but does nothing about his physical nneds, what good is it? - James 2:15-16

"He defended the cause of the poor and needy, and so all went well. Is that not what it means to know me?" declares the LORD. -Jeremiah 22:16

And whoever welcomes a little child like this in my name welcomes me. -Matthew 18:5

How can we forget the orphans when they are so much in God's heart?