Want a guaranteed way to change your outlook on your life? Pick up this book. It should be required reading for everyone. It would take so little of our income to change the life of someone. Literally change their lives.
Partners in Health has an innovative program going on in Rwanda. They build hospitals. That address the whole person. It impressed the heck out of me - when they have a child that is diagnosed with malnutrition, they offer a class to the family with information on how to maximize the harvest from their family garden. Very different from the "treat 'em and street 'em" philosophy here in the US. They also create jobs for natives in home healthcare, and the majority of their medical staff is "non-Western", meaning they are born- and trained-Rwandans.
Millennium Villages is another organization that uses their funding to address the bigger picture, from industry and agriculture to healthcare and education. They are building communities out there. They are building HOPE. They are building FUTURES.
Lord, help me remember those suffering in other countries when I feel "poor". Thank You for putting this book in my path. Help me to maximize my donations for the good of those who need it most.
Jesus said to him, "If you wish to be complete, go and sell your possessions and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; and come, follow Me." Matthew 19:21
It's so easy to forget how blessed we are living here in America and how 'rich' we really are compared to many other countries.
ReplyDeleteThat is a great scripture. Thank you for the reminder.
ReplyDeleteA line from a prayer I recently heard: "Help us remember you do not ask us to heal everything, but rather simply find a way in which we may lighten someone's burden."
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