Hebrews
13:3
Remember
those who are in prison, as though in prison with them, and those who are
mistreated, since you also are in the body.
The
purpose of this writing is to encourage you to uplift those who are in
prison. I have not been in prison
before. I don’t want to ever be
sentenced to prison. Nevertheless, I
have an uncle in a prison in Georgia.
In
several verses in the bible, we are commanded to remember and tend to those in
prison. Scripture does not distinguish
between the innocently imprisoned or the guilty. We are to minister to their needs both physically
and spiritually.
How easy
is it for us on the outside to forget about someone on the inside? There is much I wish to say on this subject
but let me simply state this: If you
know someone in prison, contact them ASAP.
The holidays are upon us and it is a lonely time for them. If you cannot personally visit them, find out
the rules of their facility in order to send something to them. Start small if you need to but start
now. Then begin sending regular
correspondence. Give them something to
look forward to. Give them hope.
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