DID YOU KNOW?
Friday, January 30, 2009 by anne
DID YOU KNOW that during this time of food & festivities -In Afghanistan, children as young as 8 years old are being given away in marriage for the bride price to keep families from starving. According to Starvation.net, someone dies on our planet every other second to AIDs, starvation
or waterborne diseases—eighty-five percent are children. 20% of children in Niger, Africa will die before they reach the age of five. Let us think beyond to our brothers and sisters around the nations and remind ourselves of how shockingly blessed we indeed are! While many complain about the heat wave that we currently face - think of the comfort we have knowing that at any time, we can buy a cold drink, have a cold shower, put the air-con on, etc. - Then let your imagination take you to the nations.
DID YOU KNOW 40,000 children die every day worldwide to starvation and pestilence. India and Africa combined are burdened with ninety percent of this sad figure. The rest are spread over Latin American countries. Fifteen million children die every year worldwide.... did you know?
DID YOU KNOW the reason why we were so blessed to be born in our current circumstances is to bless all the families of the earth? [Gen.12:3] "& inYOU all the families of the earth shall be blessed"
DID YOU KNOW giving to the poor, clothing the naked, giving water to children, loving the orphans are COMMANDS by the Lord Jesus Christ and not just optional extras when we feel extra generous? "...Is it not to share your food with the hungry and to provide the poor wanderer with shelter— when you see the naked, to clothe him, and not to turn away from your own flesh and blood?" - Isa.58:7 [NIV] I finish my fast today at lunch time. When I break fast, I am guaranteed good food, refreshing drink and satisfaction. I am mindful that countless multitudes are stricken with involuntary fasting - when will they break their fast? When the world arises, starting with the Church of Christ - to be the blessing that we were so blessed to receive first. [Gen.12:3]
This photo by Kevin Carter won the “Pulitzer Prize” in 1994 and became a symbol of the Sudan famine at the time. The picture depicts stricken girl crawling towards an United Nations camp, located a kilometer away. The vulture is waiting for the child to die so that it can eat her. This picture shocked the whole world. No one -including the photographer- knows what happened to the child.In this year of INCREASE -
be moved to meet the needs of those who LACK.
The next time you're hot & thirsty, remember these words:
"But whoever drinks of the water that I shall give him will never thirst. But the water that I shall give him will become in him a fountain of water springing up into everlasting life"
- Jesus. [Jn.4:14]
Use that water within you to refresh a soul today.
be moved to meet the needs of those who LACK.
The next time you're hot & thirsty, remember these words:
"But whoever drinks of the water that I shall give him will never thirst. But the water that I shall give him will become in him a fountain of water springing up into everlasting life"
- Jesus. [Jn.4:14]
Use that water within you to refresh a soul today.
thankyou jelly mom. that touched my heart and i'm moved to save souls and meets others needs before mine :) God bless. love you xxx