I have been reading Letters from the Farm by Becca Stevens, a series of letters with some fascinating spiritual insights. I was really struck by some comments on begging in one of them. It is something on which we might well be inclined to look down - but she reminds us of its crucial role.
"Begging is not an issue to be solved, but a way we wrestle our way though injustices, oppression, poverty, and sickness. A faith without begging is an act. None of us are above or beneath begging. ... The crumbs under the table can fill our cups to overflowing with streams of gratitude and hope for this world."
I am reminded of the insightful saying of the missionary statesman D T Niles - "Christianity is one beggar telling another beggar where to find bread."
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