Wow. I stumbled upon this picture today on iwastesomuchtime.com and it occurred to me how selfish Americans have become. So often we get stuck in this bubble of "Oh I'll just donate money and not get involved in the world's problems" and then proceed to complain about our own "1st world problems" such as our Internet not completely working or our cable dying. There are children dying all over the world and yet we seem to be more concerned when our cable dies. How messed up is that? There are so many privileges that we think are our rights and we take advantage for. What if one day we lost all of that? What would we do? What is the church doing to help out in this dilemma is an important question we must all be asking. There are multiple answers to that; some Churches are doing a great job at responding to the horrible poverty in our world, but there are sadly some that are not as responsive. We need to get out of our little bubble of comfort and show God's love to this dying broken world and instead of just investing money we need to find ways to invest in these impoverish people's lives. I know that I am at fault in just wanting to give money, because I am a flawed man from the dust, but I am striving to find ways to help those in need. We are all called to be ministers and to "love the least of these" as Christ says "Whatever you did for the least of these you did for me" (Matt. 25:40). We need to stop deceiving ourselves that sitting in pews and giving money is loving the least of these to the best of our abilities. There must be more that we can do and as followers of the Way it is our responsibility to because the Scriptures teach us to "do everything you say or do in the name of Jesus." and to do it to the best of our abilities, because Jesus does not want our second best...He wants our best. These are my thoughts on this third Sunday of Advent the day of Joy; for we should have Joy to Give to those who are in need as we speak of God's second coming to renew the world.
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