Be glad, people of Zion, rejoice in the LORD your God, for he has given you the autumn rains because he is faithful. He sends you abundant showers, both autumn and spring rains, as before. Joel, chapter 2, verse 23 (NIV)
Even with the fine upbringing I had in the Church, I did not escape hearing this verse quoted to infer that concern for the poor was to be at the most nominal… (more to follow)