Less We Get Too Smug
In the last 24 hours...
- Over 40,000 children worldwide died of hunger
- 845 million people worldwide went to bed hungry
- Over 3 billion people on Earth lived on less than $2
- Almost 6,000 people worldwide died from AIDS
- Over 32,000 children in Africa became orphans
- Almost 1 billion people worldwide couldn't read a book or write their name
It's fairly easy to point the finger at Hollywood...it's a little more difficult to point the finger at us...followers of Christ. Consider the statistics above...now...how many of us Christian leaders, pastors, bloggers and laypeople....
- Spent $5 this week on a cup of coffee?
- Helped our church raise millions to build another "much needed" building?
- Blew over $100 this week on Christmas gifts?
- Filled up the tank of our gas guzzling SUV?
- Spent a butt-load of cash on multi-media products for worship?
- Are taking the youth group skiing?
- Bought a video game console for our children?
- Broke the bank to market our church?
- Left uneaten food on our plate at a buffet?
- Spent hundreds to thousands of dollars on a staff retreat?
- Downloaded a cool ringtone to our cell phone?
- Paid a bunch of money to go to conference?
- Didn't spend a dime of missions or relief ministry?
- Patted ourselves on the back for being doctrinally sound, while totally ignoring Matthew 25:34-40?
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