Who is POOR?

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> THE POOR YOU WILL HAVE WITH YOU ALWAYS, SO SAID JESUS IN THE DAYS OF LONG AGO. THE MAN STOOD AT THE EXIT RAMP WITH A SIGN STATING HIS NEED FOR HELP TO FEED HIS FAMILY. THERE WAS WORRY ALL OVER HIS FACE. WE SAT IN OUR CARS TRYING TO LOOK THE OTHER WAY HOPING HE WOULD NOT STOP AT OUR CAR. WE COULD NOT GET CAUGHT UP IN COMPASSION FOR THIS GUY BECAUSE WE WERE GOING THROUGH ALL THE CHECKLIST OF THOUGHTS ABOUT BEING RIPPED OFF, WHAT IS HE NOT AT MUST MINISTRY GETTING HELP, HE COULD GET A JOB SOME PLACE. ALL THESE PRE-JUDGING THOUGHTS SHORT-CIRCUITED THE FLOW OF COMPASSION THAT WOULD CAUSE US TO DARE TAKE THE RISK OF BING DUPPED. SO THE QUESTION IS WHICH IS THE POOR IN THIS SCENE? THE MAN BEGGING OR THE PEOPLE SITTING IN THE CARS TRYING TO LOOK THE OTHR WAY? SEEMS TO ME WE ARE ALL POOR IN THIS MOMENT.
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> AND WE MAY NEED TO LOOK BEYOND THE SIMPLE ACT OF GIVING HIM A FEW DOLLARS TO MEET THE CRISIS. WE MAY BE MOVED TO FIND WAYS TO ADDRESS HIS KIND OF NEED IN A WAY THAT WILL ENABLE HIM NOT TO BE IN THIS CRISIS. ANYWAY, "THE POOR YOU WILL HAVE WITH YOU ALWAYS." AND WE ARE AMONG THEM.
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