Am I the only one?

Hope this isnt too deep for this section. Last time I did something similar it got moved lol.

That gets depressed by the state of the world sometimes? I dont mean who is or isnt christians...Im talking about homeless people, hungry people, abused, neglected, poor, etc. It seems a lot of people around me have this mentality that if it doesnt concern them directly then they dont want to know about it which in my opinion is pretty sad.

It doesnt seem to bother people that while they are complaining that there is too much mayonnaise on their burger some kid in a third world country is having to live on a cricket for dinner. Or when we complain that our bed isnt soft enough or whatever there are people laying on the streets.

Are we too comfortable in our own perfect little lives to even consider helping those less fortunate? A while ago at my work there was a collection for a charity, to do with a disability I believe, and my colleague was like ew no thanks. The guy wouldnt even put in two bucks, and he is rolling in money and gadgets etc.

Im finding that some christians are only focused on one thing - saving someone spiritually without concern for their physical, mental or emotional health.

Killswitch engage kinda captures for the feeling of it...

Their cries are blown away with the wind
How passive can we be before humanity is lost?
Turning our backs on those who need love
We must not rest while healing is needed

Tear down the veil
That bars your heart from feeling this
Dedicate yourself
Give your souls to compassion

With open arms embrace this heart
With open eyes behold the truth
Embrace this life

So little time is left
We must be relentless
In our pursuit of those in torment

Tear down the veil (tear down the veil)
That bars your heart from feeling this
Dedicate yourself (dedicate yourself)
Become the voice of compassion

With open arms embrace this heart
With open eyes behold the truth
Embrace this life

Can you reject yourself?
Can you feel their agony?
In a world that feeds on disregard
Heal the broken hearted


Any thoughts my single peeps?

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"It just don't make no sense, there's a million mouthes to feed
We got military action over monetary need
And you can turn your back, or you can plant the seed
You can choose compassion over universal greed"

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I don't want to waste my time, become another casualty of society. I will never fall in line, become another victim of your conformity.

Father has opened your eyes to these things because he knows that you are compassionate. Perhaps he is calling you to do something for people in need...

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If I REALLY CARED what this world thought of me, I wouldn't be following Jesus.
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I plan to take part in a fundraiser trek in Nepal at the end of 2010/early 2011. Raise money for either children in need or disease and the hospitals treating them.

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And don't forget Matthew 25:34-46

34: Then shall the King say unto them on his right hand, Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world:
35: For I was an hungred, and ye gave me meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me drink: I was a stranger, and ye took me in:
36: Naked, and ye clothed me: I was sick, and ye visited me: I was in prison, and ye came unto me.
37: Then shall the righteous answer him, saying, Lord, when saw we thee an hungred, and fed thee? or thirsty, and gave thee drink?
38: When saw we thee a stranger, and took thee in? or naked, and clothed thee?
39: Or when saw we thee sick, or in prison, and came unto thee?
40: And the King shall answer and say unto them, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done it unto me.
41: Then shall he say also unto them on the left hand, Depart from me, ye cursed, into everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and his angels:
42: For I was an hungred, and ye gave me no meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me no drink:
43: I was a stranger, and ye took me not in: naked, and ye clothed me not: sick, and in prison, and ye visited me not.
44: Then shall they also answer him, saying, Lord, when saw we thee an hungred, or athirst, or a stranger, or naked, or sick, or in prison, and did not minister unto thee?
45: Then shall he answer them, saying, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye did it not to one of the least of these, ye did it not to me.
46: And these shall go away into everlasting punishment: but the righteous into life eternal.

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Yeah, we need the return of Christ. I can't see how to fix the world, things that seem reasonable are tried and fail (because of people).

JM

Sometimes I find it's wise just to tune out a little. After I read the following, I had my fill of bad news for the day.

Today's regional paper included the following:

• 3 Teenage boys are on 200+ charges of Rape and Torture of male victims.
• 1 of 2 Teenage boys out on parole for Rape and Murder of Grandmother
• Accused and assosiates in preliminary hearings for murder and dismemberment of young girl.

What amazes me is not only the heinousness of the crimes...but that the criminals are so young. It's really really sad. And that is just local news.

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Central to the covenant of I AM.

What is the Light of the World that is also A light that shines in Darkness?

If you stare at one, it blinds you. The other provides you with a path to follow, and it is gentle on your eyes.

I'll be honest with you: While you aren't the only one, I personally am not with you on this one.

I actually don't find myself caring much about homelessness and the like. It's not that I don't think it's important (I had a 45 minute conversation at the office yesterday with all my co-workers as we all agreed that we loathe the Olympics and how much money the city is spending on it, when all that money could have gone to a problem such as the homeless population), it's just that I have too much in my own head to worry about on a regular basis that if I spend all that time worrying about the state of the world, I'd probably want to end my own life just to make all the thoughts stop.

So I have to keep it simple: Worry about me, worry about work, worry about my husband, my cat.. and... pretty much leave it at that. There are people other than me more capable of worrying about other things. I'm just not one of them.

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I avoid getting depressed about the world - wouldn't it make it even a worse place if everyone had to grieve over it like a madman? I don't disagree with you though - in my opinion the world is in a horrid state when it comes to many things, but I just don't think that being sad is going to make it any better and I've had to give in to the thought that I alone won't be able to change everything anyways and that the world'd never going to be perfect no matter how much we try. So instead I just try to keep myself content and happy and help people as much as I can and leave the rest for others.

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Even to your old age and gray hairs
I am he, I am he who will sustain you.
I have made you and I will carry you;
I will sustain you and I will rescue you. - Isaiah 46:4

Jesus told us that we would always have the poor. Thats not to say you shouldn't do anything for them, but its not any sort of new situation. And its not a situation that can really be fixed completly. The best that can be done with poverty is to limit it.

The world has always had things like that. There has always been suffering, poverty, starvation etc in the world.

I try to avoid getting too depressed about those things. There are always things in this world to be depressed about, however being depressed about them doesn't fix anything. I prefer to rejoice that God will in the end fix it all.

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"We have concluded to test your sincerity by asking you to send us our wages for the time we served you. . . I served you faithfully for thirty-two years, and Mandy twenty years. At twenty-five dollars a month for me, and two dollars a week for Mandy, our earnings would amount to eleven thousand six hundred and eighty dollars. Please send the money by Adams's Express, in care of V. Winters, Esq., Dayton, Ohio."

Jourdon Anderson, ex-slave, in response to his fomer master asking him to return