Hello to you. How are you? Lots going on everywhere these days. Lots of people expressing themselves, myself included, in a lot of words and feelings but little actual action. My Grandpa Becker was a man of God when he was here serving as a pastor and actively worked, along with my Grandma for civil rights….human rights. This morning I am remembering a little thing he used to say to me all the time, “put your money where your mouth is.” There are many who want to save unborn babies but when it comes to being willing to help take care of the children and adults they eventually become they aren’t as concerned. ALOT of charities all over the world trying to do things – lots of money changing hands and yet conditions are still horrible for many of our worlds people. I would like to see more collaboration of efforts – trying to decide which charity, how many charities is overwhelming. What I see coming for the United States, if states actually are serious about caring for life…quality of life in all aspects….there going to have to raise taxes. The money to raise the children you are demanding to be brought here has to come from somewhere. Are you prepared for what more life means? More mouths to feed, educate, clothe, shelter, provide proper healthcare, trash, clean drinkable water, food resources, safety, infrastructure like roads and energy suppliers, clean air….are you prepared to pay? Nothing is free. Nothing ultimately “cheap.” Look back and how well have we done so far? Are you ALL prepared? You want to protect life – prove it by your actions not just rhetoric and empty promises.
You can do your own research but what I see is fragmentation of a world with the same issues. A lot of redundancy in effort…finances going on. More “life”…more responsibility. We have the same basic needs the world over. For example water and food. Gotta have water to get the food. So many separate agencies trying to do the same missions – some trustworthy and some not making it a risky thing sometimes to try and donate money to help.
These links here are just a fraction of information available to help you see the big picture I’m trying to show you:
https://www.humanrightscareers.com/magazine/organizations-end-hunger/
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Christian_charities_based_in_the_United_States
https://www.charitynavigator.org/index.cfm?bay=content.view&cpid=8636
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_U.S._states_and_territories_by_poverty_rate#List
https://worldpopulationreview.com/country-rankings/poverty-rate-by-country
https://www.drought.gov/international
https://worldpopulationreview.com/country-rankings/plastic-pollution-by-country
https://worldpopulationreview.com/country-rankings/education-rankings-by-country
https://worldpopulationreview.com/country-rankings/most-environmentally-friendly-countries – the United States is not at the top of the list
https://worldpopulationreview.com/country-rankings/countries-currently-at-war
https://smartasset.com/data-studies/safest-cities-in-america-2022
https://www.militaryveteranproject.org/militaryresources.html
https://www.ruralhealthinfo.org/topics/healthcare-access
This from actor Jonathan Roumie, Jesus in The Chosen series, is some living water for these times. Like I asked you yesterday, what would Jesus do faced with the world of our times? I’m pretty certain he’d be praying about it all. It’s beautiful to hear Aramaic, Jesus’s primary language;
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