I've always wanted to purchase this book, but I don't want to push my political agenda on my child.
Our sermon last week really made me ask some hard questions about money, family and the human race.
If Christians are to give their resources freely (because, they aren't ours anyway), why are they so greedy? Why do we tend to help people, financially, that we hardly know, rather than help those closest to us that are struggling? I've always said that if we had enough money to even pay our bills, I would freely give to those in need.
For example, my mom inherits a LOT of money. She buys lunch for her "friends" and will donate to their charities, but will she help out when we are completely broke and don't have enough for my daughter's asthma medicine? No.
I see the above situation over and over in our lives. I tend to notice it more now, that we are actually poor, than I did when we were well off. I get tired of my entire family thinking that I am just lazy, as if I don't feel bad enough about the financial situation myself. I'm the one paying off the loan for a degree that I don't even have a job to show for. Why is not okay that God wants me to be with my child this summer?
Anyway, I could go into rant after rant today (gotta love PMS), but it is hard to be poor. And even if you WERE poor, but now are wealthy, you never truly remember what it was like. I have to believe if all of those who once needed help and now are wealthy truly did remember the hardships, they would try to ease the hardships on anyone else that they could.
I just see so many families in need right now and there are so many that can help out (that are Christian), but they don't. So, yes, we do need the government to remind us to share our toys with everyone. That's why Mommy is a Democrat!
5 years ago
