Comments on: Children and Poverty: Do They Mix? http://blog.compassion.com/children-and-poverty-do-they-mix/ Releasing children from poverty in Jesus' name. Fri, 20 Nov 2009 21:31:10 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 By: Irene http://blog.compassion.com/children-and-poverty-do-they-mix/comment-page-1/#comment-10642 Irene Wed, 15 Jul 2009 06:44:19 +0000 http://blog.compassion.com/?p=6249#comment-10642 @Vicki Small - Amen! @Vicki Small – Amen!

]]> By: Vicki Small http://blog.compassion.com/children-and-poverty-do-they-mix/comment-page-1/#comment-10399 Vicki Small Thu, 09 Jul 2009 04:44:54 +0000 http://blog.compassion.com/?p=6249#comment-10399 On sponsor tours, I have met physically poor but spiritually rich people; I have also met physically and spiritually impoverished people. That part was especially hard to take. Do children and poverty mix? Obviously, they should not. Neither should children and abuse mix...or children and neglect, children and war, etc. Our job is to care for them the best that we can, to speak up for them, and to fight the poverty and the evils that rob them of their innocence, their hopes, their futures, and too often, their lives. On sponsor tours, I have met physically poor but spiritually rich people; I have also met physically and spiritually impoverished people. That part was especially hard to take.

Do children and poverty mix? Obviously, they should not. Neither should children and abuse mix…or children and neglect, children and war, etc. Our job is to care for them the best that we can, to speak up for them, and to fight the poverty and the evils that rob them of their innocence, their hopes, their futures, and too often, their lives.

]]> By: Mike Stephens http://blog.compassion.com/children-and-poverty-do-they-mix/comment-page-1/#comment-10394 Mike Stephens Wed, 08 Jul 2009 19:38:10 +0000 http://blog.compassion.com/?p=6249#comment-10394 Me too Dwight!!!!!!! You hit the nail on the head!!!!!!! "I go to experience Christ!!!!!!!!" You took the words out of my mouth amigo!!!!!!! The only other way I heard it said just as good was when you visit "You are joining them on the battlefield." Me too Dwight!!!!!!! You hit the nail on the head!!!!!!! “I go to experience Christ!!!!!!!!” You took the words out of my mouth amigo!!!!!!! The only other way I heard it said just as good was when you visit “You are joining them on the battlefield.”

]]> By: Dwight http://blog.compassion.com/children-and-poverty-do-they-mix/comment-page-1/#comment-10392 Dwight Wed, 08 Jul 2009 14:30:00 +0000 http://blog.compassion.com/?p=6249#comment-10392 Interesting post…as a person who has traveled…and visited the developed and developing world I can see the value of experiencing other cultures. The Japanese have a strong economy but live in very very small homes. They are rich but spiritually very poor. At the same time I have visited very poor homes in the developing world and found families with little compared to the developed world but spiritually rich. Many people want to fix all the problems of the world but only Christ will do that when he returns. On my visits to the developing world I was surprised by the level of faith in Christ and the transforming power of the gospel. I would not go on a trip to experience poverty, but to experience Christ. The world sings songs and sends money to help the poor but that has little real effect. But Christ does! The poverty really did not bother me it was like camping. It was the spiritual poverty of my heart that sticks out in my mind. We live in a world with some people having more than me and some with less. Some will live longer then me and others shorter but we have an equal opportunity to serve Christ and live our lives for him and not our self. I would not go on a trip to experience poverty but to experience Christ. Interesting post…as a person who has traveled…and visited the developed and developing world I can see the value of experiencing other cultures. The Japanese have a strong economy but live in very very small homes. They are rich but spiritually very poor. At the same time I have visited very poor homes in the developing world and found families with little compared to the developed world but spiritually rich. Many people want to fix all the problems of the world but only Christ will do that when he returns. On my visits to the developing world I was surprised by the level of faith in Christ and the transforming power of the gospel. I would not go on a trip to experience poverty, but to experience Christ. The world sings songs and sends money to help the poor but that has little real effect. But Christ does! The poverty really did not bother me it was like camping. It was the spiritual poverty of my heart that sticks out in my mind. We live in a world with some people having more than me and some with less. Some will live longer then me and others shorter but we have an equal opportunity to serve Christ and live our lives for him and not our self. I would not go on a trip to experience poverty but to experience Christ.

]]> By: Amy Wallace http://blog.compassion.com/children-and-poverty-do-they-mix/comment-page-1/#comment-10390 Amy Wallace Wed, 08 Jul 2009 11:57:04 +0000 http://blog.compassion.com/?p=6249#comment-10390 I think it's important for parents to tell their children about poverty. They're going to be the next generation, and it is our responsibility (all parents and future parents) to make sure that children are passionate about fighting poverty and injustice in our world, so they'll grow up to be adults who will change the world. I think it’s important for parents to tell their children about poverty. They’re going to be the next generation, and it is our responsibility (all parents and future parents) to make sure that children are passionate about fighting poverty and injustice in our world, so they’ll grow up to be adults who will change the world.

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