Need is relative. Luxury is relative. What are luxury items for you? In South Africa they include electricity, running water, and gas for your car. What isn’t a luxury item you ask. Simple. Food and basic clothing. People living in need. Need of shelter. Need of walls. Need of a proper sewer system. Need of food. Need of healthcare. Need of safety. People living in need. Need of a car. Need of new clothes. Need of a haircut. Need of a bigger house. People living in need. Need of a faster car. Need of a pedicure. Need of a diamond ring. Need of a sail boat. Need is relative. People in need. Need of love. Need of empathy. Need of comfort. Need of belonging. Need of joy. Need of peace. Need of Christ. What if some of us thought less about our “needs” and thought more about the needs of others and in the process shared the love of Christ fulfilling the ultimate need of us all. What if all the Christians really did sell their possessions and have everything common and gave to those as they had need. Wouldn’t life be different?
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I think about that all the time. Am I guilty for not living in the same way they do? If I lived with nothing, someone could have something.
Ghandi said this: “The difference between what we do and what we are capable of doing would suffice to solve most of the world's problems.”
Sometimes I think that if the church fully lived the way we were supposed to, a lot of social and governmental programs would not be needed.
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