Comments on: Priorities http://blog.compassion.com/priorities/ Releasing children from poverty in Jesus' name. Fri, 20 Nov 2009 21:31:10 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 By: Becky http://blog.compassion.com/priorities/comment-page-1/#comment-11840 Becky Sat, 03 Oct 2009 15:00:42 +0000 http://blog.compassion.com/priorities/#comment-11840 I just read that story about loving your dog more and it struck me. My family has three dogs and while we love them like family, my parents do not see being charitable and taking care of their dogs as mutually exclusive. One dog had a kidney infection recently, which needed many tests, several days at the vet, and special food/medicine for several weeks. I don't think my parents are wrong for doing that, but I would think it becomes wrong if they felt donating to charitable causes, which aid those far away from them, was wrong. I don't recall who wrote it, but there was a mention on this blog about how far is your hill from an area Compassion helped which compared the differences between rich people on a hill above a slum area vs Americans whose houses on a hill are much farther away. Clearly, we all are geographically far removed from the children Compassion assists, but that doesn't stop us from being passionate about helping them. I think it is quite sad that people know of major problems in the world and are indifferent towards them when they can afford to help. I just read that story about loving your dog more and it struck me. My family has three dogs and while we love them like family, my parents do not see being charitable and taking care of their dogs as mutually exclusive. One dog had a kidney infection recently, which needed many tests, several days at the vet, and special food/medicine for several weeks. I don’t think my parents are wrong for doing that, but I would think it becomes wrong if they felt donating to charitable causes, which aid those far away from them, was wrong.

I don’t recall who wrote it, but there was a mention on this blog about how far is your hill from an area Compassion helped which compared the differences between rich people on a hill above a slum area vs Americans whose houses on a hill are much farther away. Clearly, we all are geographically far removed from the children Compassion assists, but that doesn’t stop us from being passionate about helping them. I think it is quite sad that people know of major problems in the world and are indifferent towards them when they can afford to help.

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