For you always have the poor with you; but you do not always have Me.I have to admit, I've probably mis-used this verse in my head and heart quite a bit. I'm not the only one, but that doesn't excuse it. It's a very easy verse to mis-use, and it doesn't help that that mis-use can align with my political leanings.
The fact that the poor will always be here is too often used as an excuse not to try to improve their situation. It's easy to see them as lazy, or stupid, or otherwise "less." But that is pride talking, and I have to remind myself that there was a time I wasn't too many steps from that situation. While we shouldn't make things so comfortable for the poor that it damage their motivation to improve, we can't be dismissing their state as something that shouldn't be worked on because it's a hopeless endeavor.
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