I read this article on the CNN website today, and it really disturbed me. I knew about the oppressive caste system in India, where 250 million people live as "untouchables", but I had no idea that the Indian culture treats the widows of their society in this way.
It breaks my heart to think of all these mothers who are shunned by their children because they are considered bad luck. After all these women have done for their children, you would think that some compassion would come into play.
I don't know what else to say, other than a few verses:
Deuteronomy 27:19
19 "Cursed is the man who withholds justice from the alien, the fatherless or the widow."
Then all the people shall say, "Amen!"
Psalm 68:5
5 A father to the fatherless, a defender of widows,
is God in his holy dwelling.
Isaiah 1:17
17 learn to do right!
Seek justice,
encourage the oppressed.
Defend the cause of the fatherless,
plead the case of the widow.
1 Timothy 5:4
4But if a widow has children or grandchildren, these should learn first of all to put their religion into practice by caring for their own family and so repaying their parents and grandparents, for this is pleasing to God.
James 1:27
27Religion that God our Father accepts as pure and faultless is this: to look after orphans and widows in their distress and to keep oneself from being polluted by the world.
1 comment:
I had no idea that happened. That's sad. I always make my kids promise not to put me in a nursing home...I'd be in real trouble in India It's unbelievable that a whole society accepts this as normal
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