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Yesterday was Mother’s Day. Let’s talk about single mothers. That wasn’t a thing when the Bible was written. Had it been, I have no doubt they would have been listed with widows and orphans as people we need to care for.
It’s easy to tell ourselves these women and children aren’t our problem. But Jesus wouldn’t do that. It’s tempting to ask why they are single mothers, as if why somehow changes their situation and their needs.
God commands us to help the least of these, and most single mothers and their children qualify as that.
How could you and your wife help a single mother?
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Well, a young widow would often be a single mother, no? Also, I’ve read that divorce was indeed readily available in those days in both Hebrew and Greek contexts, so I think that implicitly Scripture does write about this. The words used were simply “widow” and maybe “divorcee”. My guess is that due to epidemics and maternal death, there would have been a lot of single fathers out there, too.
And how to help? Oh boy, lots of opportunities. Sometimes food, sometimes the “Dorcas approach” of clothing, then occasionally one might have the opportunity to provide housing for a family that cannot afford ordinary rent, cover a medical or dental appointment not covered by Medicaid…..
@Robert Perry – Young widows usually remarried. Or moved in with family. A true single mother was rare.
First off, great idea and prompt! Second, this single mom needs to stop walking around with the unattached arm of the boy on her left; and third, AI sure has a long way to go when it comes to depicting hands – sheesh!