Corruptful

Have you ever felt like that? Have you ever looked at the world and seen all the pain? Have you taken a moment out of your day to look at the hate, the regret and the suffering in the world? Everything from pregnant teens to druggy guys to abusive husbands to children starving in Africa to the homeless in New York City. Have you ever thought about it? Have you ever considered it? Have you ever looked into the mirror and realized how amazingly, abundantly blessed you truly are? I’m not a rich guy, but I see how rich I am when contrasted to the vast majority of the worlds population: and it makes me sick. When I see these people trying and failing and yet I don’t even have to try to “suceed.” It’s a horrible experience. How can I eat my good, rich, clean, American food and walk in my good, rich, clean, American shoes and wear my good, rich, clean, American cloths when many many many more have none of the three?

Many of these people have basic needs. They have physical needs of shelter, clothing, and food. Then they have emotional and spiritual needs of love and hope and Jesus christ. There are so many needs in this world and so much that I - and each of you - have to give. Yet we don’t. I suppose we more or less choose not to. Oftentimes we simply don’t know how; but if we don’t know how could that be an excuse? Could it simply be that we’re unwilling to seek out a way to aid those in need? To help the less fortunate?

For me it’s a burden of sorts. It’s something that I must find a way to do. To achieve. To help. I can’t help them all, but I can try. I just must figure out the means to the end. I simply cannot take pleasure in my well being when others cannot. If you think about it, it takes away the happiness of it. I simply cannot live life to the fullest when this world just keeps dying.

I suppose these few paragraphs are more without a crystal clear point, but I do have one. I suppose that it is 1) To realize how abundantly blessed each of us are. 2) To see those in need, notice them, and to open our hearts to them. 3) To take the initiative to help the helpless.

Please, don’t just consider my words. Find a way to act on them.

Thank you for listening.

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