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Why? The Defender of Widowsįundamentally, God is the kind of God who keeps a careful eye on the widow.

There are about eighty direct references to widows in the Scriptures. Whether you read Moses and the prophets, the Psalms and the Proverbs of Solomon, the four Gospels, or the book of Acts and the letters to the churches in the New Testament, you will not be able to read far without the subject of widows coming up. I soon discovered that there were very few books written about caring for widows but was taken aback by how much the Bible said about them.

Called to care for widows in my own congregation, I began to study the Scriptures. I spoke at a gathering of ministers on public praying and mentioned widows among those who were often neglected in the prayers and ministry of the church. Much earlier in my ministry, I began to include widows in the public prayers of the church where I was the pastor.