20/20 had a special on poor kids in America last night. It was truly heartbreaking. After it ended Eric and I just sat there. It seems we get lost in having revival with our church kids and building up little warriors. And just around the corner there are kids that don't even know what breakfast, lunch and dinner are. I am not saying revival is bad but I am saying that revival can have a variety of faces. I think revival can look like a city, like Camden, revitalizing itself. It can look like suburban America taking a break from bake sales and soccer practice to spend some time mentoring kids in a poor community.
We are doing what we can. Being Foster parents now we feel that we are actually contributing not only to the community but to the lives of children. Its not enough. We need to do more!
Eric and I still reside below the "poverty level". Which is quite humorous. Sure we have financial struggles sometimes but we are in no way poor.
Hopefully there will be changes in our country and more willingness to do something, big or small, to help out our neighbors.
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You guys are so awesome! More people should have your heart.
A couple weeks ago, I was listening to a discussion on a religious radio program - It was putting emphasis on how active we must be politically because this sin or that sin is being viewed as "OK". All I could think of was... if you really want to make a difference, care about the kids in this country. Organize a free afterschool program in a poor area of a big city and BE THERE for those kids, help those moms who are struggling to put food on the table, give the kids a safe place to be, fight the gangs and drugs with HOPE and LOVE, be a mentor, love them, feed them!!
What a waste of energy getting political in order to legalize or criminalize another person's sin... Know why? Because people will sin whether it's legal or not - it's just grandstanding... Why aren't we changing lives?
Sometimes I start to worry that most people don't care... it's good to know that isn't true!
(I had to use a friend's google ID to post this... gotta get me one of my own)
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