Some trust in chariots and some in horses,
but we trust in the name of the Lord our God.

To help us understand this, we have to realize that donkey head meat and seed pods (or even according to some translations, doves’ dung) were not everyone’s favorite snacks back in Bible times. They were probably as bad as you might imagine. So, if we consider that people were willing to pay as much as 80 shekels, or about 2 pounds of silver, for a donkey’s head (and donkeys would have been unclean and thus, forbidden for the Israelites), you know things were very bad. In fact, you don’t even have to do any math to see that. If a woman was willing to give up her own child (who had probably died from hunger anyway) to be used for food, then those were some very desperate people in very desperate times.

Hopefully no one in your community is experiencing a famine that severe, but people without financial resources can often experience stress from not knowing when or if they will be able to pay for their next meal. One of the best ways to help people who are dealing with this problem is to help out at your local food pantry or soup kitchen. Food pantries are places where people gather donated food or buy food with donated funds and then organize that food into packages for people to collect for free. Soup kitchens are places where people cook food (not always soup) for people on a regular basis and let people come and eat the food for free. Donating money or cans or boxes of food that your family doesn’t need can be a big help to others. But also, serving in person at any of these places can help you practice being kind and generous to others with what God has given you. Remember that you don’t have to be rich to practice kindness and generosity. You can give your time or your skills to others, and that can help just as much as (or more than) buying things.