Psalm 70:5 Yet I am poor and needy; Come quickly to me, O God. You are my help and my deliverer.

It amazes me, really, that we never fail to cry out to God when we are desperate, and that he keeps on listening to us wail. Poverty of one kind or another helps us see our need for God, helps us rely on someone or something other than ourselves and our measly schemes. We are called to serve the truly poor, and to recognize our own brand of poverty.