I want to ask you all a question. Dear friends, I am serious about this and would really like some feedback.
To give you an idea about the enormity of the needs out there let me share with you a link to a website called Down but not Out which contains personal stories from people who have experienced first hand what it is like to live through long term unemployment. Some of these stories will break your heart! There is also the issue of underemployment. People are working but they are just barely hanging on and one tiny push will put them over the edge. This is real and it is happening now! This is so much bigger than politics, it's about people and their ability to provide for themselves and their families and to contribute to the community around them!
Throughout the Old Testament I see a coupling of righteousness with kindness, particularly in Proverbs. How we treat the poor, the orphan and widow are important! Israel was called in to judgement over and over again on this very thing along with worshipping other Gods. I think that righteousness and kindness intersect at the point where compassion and common sense meet. The church in particular should be a bastion of hope! Historically it has been and now is the time to become that bastion of hope once again!
How do we help-really help?
So that's the question that I humbly ask. Thank you in advance for your responses!
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