Where Will It End?

Washington has now racked up a $5 TRILLION tab trying to rescue us out of our financial struggles. It seems that no amount is too high to ensure our continued prosperity.

Meanwhile, I recently learned that for only $10 Billion, every man, woman, and child on the planet could have clean drinking water. Polluted drinking water is the leading cause of death in undeveloped countries. 4500 children per day die of diseases linked to polluted drinking water. That's over 1.6 million per year, which is more than the number of children that are murdered from abortion each year in our country.

The price of our prosperity is too high. Children all over the world die while we do little. Yet, we spend trillions to ensure the prosperity of our own economy so that we can consume more. On average, Americans spend $450 billion on Christmas every year. Only $10 billion would give clean drinking water to the whole world. I'm normally really wordy, but I'll let you wrestle with the implications of what we are doing as a nation.  I just want to cry.

By the way, consider giving water for Christmas. Find out how HERE. You can also help our organization, Community Development Initiatives (CDI) provide clean drinking water in Northern India through our Himalayan Clean Water Project (HCWP).  Leave a comment or send me an email if you are interested.

Comments

[Dr. Paul W. Foltz]

Men want because of Sin. They are reaping the result of sin, which is death.
Now I am not saying we shouldn't be grieved over their condition, but Preaching The Gospel is their only hope, not handouts.

[Alan Cross]

Paul,

You have to throw out a lot of Scripture to get to your very narrow view of what the Bible says. 1 John 3:17 says, "If anyone has material possessions and sees his brother in need but has no pity on him, how can the love of God be in him?"

Jesus also said something about the least of these and that when we gave them something to drink, we were giving it to Jesus.

How you can separate the Gospel from helping people in need is beyond me.

[Guy Muse]

I remember when 10-billion sounded like all the money in the world. Today, it sounds like a "drop in the bucket", compared with the mammoth churning out of cash, and yet it would take only a "drop in the bucket" to help solve once and for all one of the world's great social needs. Good point.

[Bryan Riley]

Dr. Foltz, as Alan says, your view falls short of Jesus'. Try reading Matthew 25, Matthew 10-11, Amos 2, Isaiah 58, Romans 10, Genesis 12, 18, and 22 and Hebrews 6 and so much more. I suppose the entire bible, Jesus' life, and our call to justice and reconciliation. Yes, the gospel must be preached and yes the gospel must be lived. The combination is what this world needs.