Put This in Your Pipe
I try not to be a bandwagon jumper and I don’t know anything about MTV’s EXIT Campaign, but I saw this video on a blog that I read on occasion (The Bravest Thing Is Hope) and thought it pretty poignant. I have this new problem where I sometimes have a hard time empathizing with the poor (a result of desensitization, I think) but this video surprised me.
Have a look. Let me know what you think, if you want.
Grant Volk (December 13, 2009, 1:24 am).
I wish I had something intelligent to say about this, but poignant really is the best way to describe it. Even if it doesn’t elicit direct change from most, I’m a big fan of being put in my place, which is something this video does really well.
Matt (December 13, 2009, 1:42 pm).
Agreed. Thanks for the thought, Grant.
Bro In Law (December 13, 2009, 6:43 pm).
Hey Matthew it’s Matthew
I have heard that if you were to take the total amount of money spent by Americans on Christmas THIS YEAR and then give 10% (Im pretty sure it’s 10%) of it to the poor there wouldn’t be any poor left. God has given us the ability and resources to help everyone yet so few help at all. We are all rich here in America! A practical thing that your sister and I are trying to do is to give 50% of our income to the poor. We aren’t there yet but we are getting closer each year. We give to the Children’s Hunger Fund and Gospel for Asia both of which address the physical and spiritual needs of the people.
I bring that up not to get praise from men but to show that anyone and everyone can do this (and you know full well that Julie and I don’t make much money if anyone is thinking we might be rich) and to maybe spur on any one else who might read your blog. Im so sick of my friends and “christians” who spend so much money on their cars and homes and gadgets as people starve to death just down the street without ever hearing the gospel! They show by their fruits who their Master is. The New Testament believers sold EVERYTHING they had to help those in need why shouldn’t we do the same. If we believe what the bible teaches there is not even a choice!
Sorry my first comment on your blog was so long but Im just passionate about these things.
See you Wed when we decorate the TREE!