📖 Deuteronomy 14:28–29 & Deuteronomy 26:12–13

“At the end of every three years, bring all the tithes of that year’s produce and store it in your towns, so that the Levites (who have no allotment or inheritance of their own), and the foreigners, the fatherless and the widows who live in your towns may come and eat and be satisfied…”
— Deuteronomy 14:28–29

As I joyfully approach my 𝟳𝟬𝘁𝗵 𝗯𝗶𝗿𝘁𝗵𝗱𝗮𝘆, I reflect on 𝙂𝙤𝙙’𝙨 𝙖𝙣𝙘𝙞𝙚𝙣𝙩 𝙞𝙣𝙨𝙩𝙧𝙪𝙘𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 to care for the vulnerable—an instruction not only still relevant, but 𝙙𝙚𝙨𝙥𝙚𝙧𝙖𝙩𝙚𝙡𝙮 𝙣𝙚𝙚𝙙𝙚𝙙 in our time.

📖 Deuteronomy 14:28–29 and 26:12–13 highlight the 𝘀𝗮𝗰𝗿𝗲𝗱 𝗽𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗰𝗶𝗽𝗹𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗮𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻-𝗱𝗿𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗻 𝗴𝗶𝘃𝗶𝗻𝗴:
➡ Setting aside a portion of our blessings for:
👨🏼‍🎓 𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙇𝙚𝙫𝙞𝙩𝙚.

🌍 𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙨𝙩𝙧𝙖𝙣𝙜𝙚𝙧.

👧🏼🧒🏽👦🏼👶🏽 𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙤𝙧𝙥𝙝𝙖𝙣𝙨.

👵🏽 𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙬𝙞𝙙𝙤𝙬/𝙬𝙞𝙙𝙤𝙬𝙚𝙧👨🏽‍🦳.

At the 𝗦𝘂𝗶𝗰𝗶𝗱𝗲 𝗣𝗿𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗗𝗲𝗽𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗦𝘂𝗽𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁 𝗙𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 (𝗦𝗣𝗗𝗦 𝗙𝗢𝗨𝗡𝗗𝗔𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡), this principle finds expression in our ongoing commitment to:
🏠 Visit and support 𝙤𝙧𝙥𝙝𝙖𝙣𝙖𝙜𝙚𝙨.

🧓🏽 Reach out to 𝙤𝙡𝙙 𝙥𝙚𝙤𝙥𝙡𝙚’𝙨 𝙝𝙤𝙢𝙚𝙨.

❤ Care for 𝙫𝙪𝙡𝙣𝙚𝙧𝙖𝙗𝙡𝙚 𝙞𝙣𝙙𝙞𝙫𝙞𝙙𝙪𝙖𝙡𝙨 𝙞𝙣 𝙘𝙧𝙞𝙨𝙞𝙨.

These commemorative “𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗰𝗵-𝗢𝘂𝘁 𝗔𝗰𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗲𝘀” are not merely acts of 𝙘𝙝𝙖𝙧𝙞𝙩𝙮 —they are acts of:
🙏🏽 𝙊𝙗𝙚𝙙𝙞𝙚𝙣𝙘𝙚.

🕊 𝙒𝙤𝙧𝙨𝙝𝙞𝙥.

💞 𝘾𝙤𝙢𝙢𝙪𝙣𝙖𝙡 𝙝𝙚𝙖𝙡𝙞𝙣𝙜.

🌟 Historical Inspiration
From:
🕊 Mother Teresa’s tireless care for the forgotten.

✊🏽 Martin Luther King Jr.’s fight for justice.
To modern philanthropists like:
💼 Warren Buffett.

💖 Melinda Gates.

📌 History has proven that 𝘨𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘪𝘴 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘮𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘶𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘺 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘸𝘦 𝘨𝘢𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳, 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘣𝘺 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘸𝘦 𝘨𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘢𝘸𝘢𝘺.

🎉 𝗔𝘀 𝗣𝗮𝗿𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝗠𝘆 𝟳𝟬𝘁𝗵 𝗕𝗶𝗿𝘁𝗵𝗱𝗮𝘆 𝗖𝗲𝗹𝗲𝗯𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻:
I am 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘢𝘴𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘨𝘪𝘧𝘵𝘴.
Instead, I humbly ask that you channel your 𝙡𝙤𝙫𝙚, 𝙖𝙥𝙥𝙧𝙚𝙘𝙞𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙜𝙤𝙤𝙙𝙬𝙞𝙡𝙡 through a 𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗲𝗹𝘆 𝗱𝗼𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 to the 𝗦𝗣𝗗𝗦 𝗙𝗢𝗨𝗡𝗗𝗔𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡.

🎯 𝗬𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝘀𝘂𝗽𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁 𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗵𝗲𝗹𝗽 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝘃𝗶𝗱𝗲:
🍲 𝘾𝙤𝙢𝙛𝙤𝙧𝙩 & 𝙛𝙤𝙤𝙙.

💊 𝙈𝙚𝙙𝙞𝙘𝙖𝙡 𝙨𝙪𝙥𝙥𝙡𝙞𝙚𝙨.

🧠 𝙈𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙖𝙡 𝙝𝙚𝙖𝙡𝙩𝙝 𝙘𝙖𝙧𝙚.
➡ To those in 𝘂𝗿𝗴𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗻𝗲𝗲𝗱 𝗼𝗳 𝗵𝗼𝗽𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗵𝗲𝗮𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴.

🏦 𝗧𝗢 𝗗𝗢𝗡𝗔𝗧𝗘:
𝗔𝗰𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗻𝘁 𝗡𝗮𝗺𝗲: Suicide Prevention and Depression Support Foundation

𝗕𝗮𝗻𝗸: Guaranty Trust Bank

𝗔𝗰𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗻𝘁 𝗡𝘂𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿: 0799737614

💝 𝗬𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗴𝗲𝗻𝗲𝗿𝗼𝘀𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗯𝗲 𝘂𝘀𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝘀𝘂𝗽𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁:
🏡 𝟰 𝗢𝗹𝗱 𝗣𝗲𝗼𝗽𝗹𝗲’𝘀 𝗛𝗼𝗺𝗲𝘀.

👶🏾 𝟰 𝗢𝗿𝗽𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗮𝗴𝗲𝘀.

🧠 𝗠𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗮𝗹 𝘄𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝗰𝗮𝗺𝗽𝗮𝗶𝗴𝗻𝘀 𝗮𝗰𝗿𝗼𝘀𝘀 𝗡𝗶𝗴𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗮.

💬 𝗖𝗼𝘂𝗻𝘀𝗲𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝘃𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗼𝘀𝗲 𝗯𝗮𝘁𝘁𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘀𝘂𝗶𝗰𝗶𝗱𝗮𝗹 𝘁𝗵𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗵𝘁𝘀.

This is not just a birthday—it is a divine opportunity to bring light to the dark corners of our society.

✨ Join me in obeying God’s call to compassion.
Together, we can:
🌱 Turn pain into purpose.

☀ Turn despair into hope.

💖 𝙇𝙚𝙩 𝙪𝙨 𝙜𝙞𝙫𝙚. 𝙇𝙚𝙩 𝙪𝙨 𝙝𝙚𝙖𝙡. 𝙇𝙚𝙩 𝙪𝙨 𝙜𝙡𝙤𝙧𝙞𝙛𝙮 𝙂𝙤𝙙 𝙩𝙝𝙧𝙤𝙪𝙜𝙝 𝙡𝙤𝙫𝙚 𝙞𝙣 𝙖𝙘𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣.

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