I don't know how much of this video is true, but I do know the gist of it is. How completely humbling is it to know that while many sit and complain about having nothing to do, others are starving to death with no love and no hope.
Here's another mind blower Kisses from Katie author, Katie Davis:
I have a young friend named Maria. The truth is that Maria had never had a bath before I took her home and gave her one. The truth is that Maria has no one who cares for her. No one who tells her she is loved. The truth is that Maria is sent from her home in the slum outside of Jinja to beg on the streets for food, and no one in Uganda wants to touch her or help her or cares that she is sick. The truth is that Maria is just like you or me. A person. Real. A child of the king.
Meet Rose and Brenda. The truth is that they are orphans. Abandoned and living in an orphanage. Now tow of 143 million. The truth is that when they go to bed at night no one tucks their blankets in around them and kisses their foreheads. The truth is that when they wake up, frightened, in the dark, no one runs to comfort them. The truth is that due to someone else's carelessness, Brenda will die of AIDS.
Meet David and Bashir. The truth is that these precious little boys were child soldiers, abducted, sold as property, and forced to kill. Now that the war is winding down, they are not permitted back in their villages because they are seen as traitors, so they beg on the streets.
And the truth is that these are only the children I know, in a very small fraction of a very small country. The truth is that there are children like this all over the world, sick, starving, dying, unloved, and uncared for. The truth is that the 143 million orphaned children and the 11 million who starve to death or die from preventable diseases and the 8.5 million who work as child slaves, prostitutes, or under other horrific conditions and the 2.3 million who live with HIV add up to 164.8 million needy children. And though at first glance that looks like a big number, 2.1 billion people on this earth proclaim to be Christians.
The truth is that if only 8 percent of the Christians would care for one more child, there would not be any statistics left.
This is the Truth. I have the freedom to believe it. The freedom, the opportunity to do something about it. The truth is that He loves these children just as much as He loves me and now that I know, I am responsible.
Here's another truth: these people are just like you and me, no better, no worse. They deserve to have a nice bed to sleep in, a place to call their own, a hug, a warm and hearty meal just as much as us. So why is it that so many people do NOTHING about it?
Does it not say...
Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good.
(Romans 12:21)
Carry each other's burdens.
(Galatians 6:2)
Be imitators of god,
therefore, as dearly loved children and live a life of love, just as
Christ loved us and gave himself up for us as a fragrant offering and
sacrifice to God.
(Ephesians 5:1,2)
Love your neighbor as yourself.
(Matthew 22:38)
Whatever you did not do for one of the least of these, you did not do for me.
(Matthew 25:45)
Share freely with your bothers and toward the poor and the needy in your land. (Deuteronomy 15:11)
Seek justice, encourage the oppressed. Defend the cause of the orphans, fight for the rights of the widow.
(Isaiah 1:17)
Sell your possessions and give to the poor. Provide purses for yourselves that will not wear out, a treasure in heaven that will not be exhausted, where no thief comes near and no moth destroys. For where you treasure is, there your hear will be also.
(Luke 12:33, 34)
From everyone who has been given much, much will be demanded; and from the one who has been entrusted with much, much more will be asked.
(Luke 12:48)
These are just a few things He tells us. He did not say to do any of this only if it was easy. Jesus demands every tiny part of us and wants us to be a strong light in this world. Life is messy. Life is hard. Life goes on. Accepting Jesus into your heart doesn't change any of this, but it makes it all worth it.
