"...and ask yourselves this question. 'Why didn't we do anything about it?'"

This Christmas, when you sit down with your family in joy and in sincere happiness, pause to think about those who will not have presents under the tree; those whose stomachs will not be filled.

You know them. They are your geographical neighbors, your co-workers, those who provide you with goods and services.

Stop, bow your heads, and say a prayer for them. And when you're finished look up from the table, look at one another, and ask yourselves this question. "Why didn't we do anything about it?"

Ask yourselves if this is just: your household on average will spend over $700 on gifts that do not satisfy, while just a few miles a way a family is elated with the gift their child recieved from "Toys for Tots" or the "United Way."

There is no place in God's Kingdom for some to live in excess while others live in want and squaller.

May these words bring shame upon your household and mine if we profess to be followers of the way while still following after the shallow riches of this world.


"If this is going to be a Christian nation who doesn't help the poor, either we have to pretend that Jesus is as selfish as we are, or we have to acknowledge that he has commanded us to love the poor and serve the needy without condition, and then admit that we just don't want to do it." - Colbert