Remember the poor
We live in a world where a whole lot of things take our attention away from some salient needs of people around us, many a times we go about our own business and pursuits forgetting the poor and needy around us. Sometimes we see them as disturbing and disgusting when the come around us asking for help or even a tip.
What have we done to our conscience? Have we so seared our conscience so much so that we don't get moved by the needs of the poor amongst us?
Until you help the poor, you have not separated yourself from the poor.~ Pastor Chris Oyakhilome
Don’t ignore the poor! Don’t say “they should go & work,” the fact is that a lot of them, despite several attempts, are unable to get a job; no one will give them one.
He that hath pity upon the poor lendeth unto the LORD; & that which he hath given will he pay him again.” - Proverbs 19:17 (KJV)
When you show acts of kindness to the poor, the Lord pays you. He doesn't just pay you, He pays you with interest.
Don't be too quick to think of your needs alone. Yes, you have your own needs, yes, you have bills to pay. Take your mind away from your needs and help someone, that way you disconnect from your need and go above it.
Poverty isn't the absence of money. If you have lots of money and you still think and act like a poor person you'll remain poor. Poverty is a mindset. There are lots of people who have a lot of money, but are still poor; their minds are poor & they can’t use their money correctly.
Until you help the poor, you have not separated yourself from the poor. Separate yourself from the poor by helping the poor. Practice this act of giving; put it to work & you’ll be amazed at the results you will see manifested in your life. Givers don't lack, holders do lack! But givers don't!! A man that has separated himself from the poor thinks of solutions that'll favor the poor. He isn't self centered, he thinks of and for the poor, he helps them to come out of penury by creating solutions that'll favor them.
Think of that young child, street urchin, that beggar on the street. Think of how you can make his life better by helping him, who knows, he may end up becoming an hoodlum, a bully, or a thief that'll come for your life in the future. What if you had helped him out of poverty from the onset?
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our economic system is rigged by circular consumption and I never ending corporate profit growth system that makes inflation indefinite. The only way we are ever going to eliminate poverty we to start by scrapping our current economic structure.
Hmmnnn...awesome!
You made a valid point. A free/decentralized economy does that then...thanks to blockchain technology. Nonetheless, poverty starts with the mind, it's beyond the absence of money.
Thanks for your contribution