Letter: With election over, are we going to be generous?

To the editor,

Now that we have elected Donald J. Trump as our 47th president, what are we going to do for our country?

Are we going to welcome the poor, the oppressed, the widows, the children of other countries as Christ said, “Whatsoever you do unto them you do unto me"?

The scripture readings for Nov. 10 are very appropriate for us at this time.

In Deuteronomy 24:19-22 we are told that when we reap the harvest we are to leave the remnants “for the resident aliens, the orphans, the widows remembering that we once were slaves or aliens.”

In the first Book of Kings we are told that the widow who had no extra remaining flour and oil was told by the prophet Elijah to prepare it for him and she did as she was told. But she did not die of starvation because of it. Will we die of starvation if we feed the resident aliens, the orphans, the widows, of our meager inflated purchases?

And in the gospel of Mark, Jesus tells his disciples (us) that a poor widow gave coins of a few cents toward those who were less well off than she.

Are we going to be as generous as the above servants of God toward the immigrants or shout with Barabas, “Deport them! Deport them!”?

Margaret Bitz
Fargo, North Dakota