Think about it

Why do we deserve what we have? Everything that I have, do I really deserve it? I live in a warm apartment, I worked my butt off to afford this computer, and I have food. But what do I deserve? Do I deserve it for simply being alive? Sure, someone looking at my life would say that yes I would. I worked and paid for almost everything I own, but does that mean I am more deserving of them? Who decides that I deserve them?

What about people who work many more hours than me, or people who struggle to survive? Dont you think THEY deserve a warm place to live and good food?

Did you know that:
-A few hundred millionaires now own as much wealth as the world’s poorest 2.5 billion people

-According to UNICEF, 30,000 children die each day due to poverty. And 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."

-On a global scale, $780 Billion (U.S funds) was spent on Military, while only $6 Billion was spent world wide on Basic Education, $9 Billion on Water and Sanitation, $12 Billion on Reproductive Health for Women, and only $13 Billion on basic health and nutrition.

-There are 2.2 billion children on Earth, while 1 billion live in poverty.

-10.6 million children died in 2003 (same as the child population in France, Germany, Greece and Italy) before they reached the age of 5.

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What is more sad than the numbers, is the fact that all of these lives have been reduced to numbers. They are all just a fact. Sure the facts are shocking, but they're also forgettable. It makes me sad to think that I was worried about not having a couch in my apartment. I felt like a hobo without a nice looking couch in my living room. I feel ashamed, and sad. Knowing that I HAD to buy expensive clothes for work, while across the world, and even in my own city, there are people who cant afford clothes, let alone a place to live.

Think about it. Lord help us to be humble. Lord help us to help those who cannot help themselves. Lord, help those countries that are being pushed farther and farther into debt, just trying to let they're people live. Lord, help us all.