www.one.org is an organization committed to making poverty history. It’s not as much about raising money for Africa, as it is about raising awareness in the “free-world”: awareness about poverty in one of the largest continents on the planet. The idea is: to use our capitalism, our wealth, our idea of life, to change something for the better in a land long ago written off as the biggest waist of time the western world could ever get it’s hands on, both financially and sociologically.
It’s irresponsible, if we as humans disregard our brothers and sisters, creations of the same creator who created us. Africa is one country. One might say that we have enough homeless in our own land. Why should we be thinking about awareness of poverty in a country, which has nothing to do with us? To him who has been given much, much is required, said Jesus. We need to look after our own. That’s correct. But we are required to help others out of our own wealth. We will in no way be harming our own efforts to get down and dirty, with the poverty stricken of our own country, by engaging in the war on poverty in another land.
Don’t be blind to your responsibility. This isn’t about actionism. It’s about justice. Who is going to bring justice to your neighbor on food stamps and who is going to bring justice for the needy in Africa? It’s about being the hands and the feet of the savior of the world. We are here, endowed with His Spirit to do things, which only his Spirit could do.
It’s time to take this world for Elohim. He has given us the power. Why let it go to waist? Check out www.one.org it’s a cool thing. It wont bring money to Africa, but it might wake up your complacent heart.
By the way: I know it's idealistic, but even Jesus had an idealogy. Those are the things worth living and dying for.
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