REACH out
I just saw a picture of a horribly MALNOURISHED african kids today.their body was smaller than their heads. An article's headline was "27 000 die
of poverty every day".
UNICEF’s 2000 Progress of Nations report tried to put these numbers into some perspective:
The continuation of this suffering and loss of life contravenes the natural human instinct to help in times of disaster. Imagine the horror of the world if a major earthquake were to occur and people stood by and watched without assisting the survivors! Yet every day, the equivalent of a major earthquake killing over 30,000 young children occurs to a disturbingly muted response. They die quietly in some of the poorest villages on earth, far removed from the scrutiny and the conscience of the world. Being meek and weak in life makes these dying multitudes even more invisible in death.
The journalist impressed on the need to break through the mundaneness of such a news to actually HAVE an effect on people to start giving. Or even being aware of it. This news has become way too common. People actually get used to seeing it.
.ouch.
I saw girls around me wince in heartbreak at the sight.
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.finally. a quiet day without so much talking (other than professionally but i'm not that professional)
..first of all i've been so blest by this book on Jim Stier's life, a missionary he was, may still be one.... Its just amazing how one book is able to inspire me. The book chronicled every step of he and hiw wife's journey to reach out to the lost souls in Brazil. They were basically almost penniless all the way. But God provided each and every time. well reading that every morning on the mrt actually starts my day good. And of course it makes me think more about like God's calling....
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