When you visit and bless the needy, you are visiting and blessing Jesus!

“’Truly, I say to you, as you did it to one of the least of these my brothers, you did it to me.’” (Matt. 25:40 ESV)

Each morning, I visit a friend who lives in an assisted living facility near where I live. A couple of times, as I went into the building, I saw an elderly woman all dressed up with hat and gloves, sitting at the entryway. As I passed by her, I said hello and told her she looked lovely. She smiled,  thanked me and told me she was waiting for her son who was coming to get her for the day. On the way out, I saw that she was still sitting there waiting. I don’t know the rest of the story, but I felt sad for her. I know there are some who are simply confused. But, I also know that some have become “out of sight, out of mind” and simply are forgotten by their family and friends.

We are to visit widows and orphans

“Religion that is pure and undefiled before God, the Father, is this: to visit orphans and widows in their affliction, and to keep oneself unstained from the world.” (James 1:27 ESV)

We are to plead the widow's cause

“Learn to do good; seek justice, correct oppression; bring justice to the fatherless, plead the widow's cause.” (Isa. 1:17 ESV)

We should especially remember our relatives 

“But if anyone does not provide for his relatives, and especially for members of his household, he has denied the faith and is worse than an unbeliever.” (2 Tim. 5:8 ESV)

 "Each one of them is Jesus in disguise." -  Mother Teresa