SortingBeans

Recently, I’ve been reading “The Hole in Our Gospel” by Richard Sterns, President of World Vision.

I will be giving a review for this book shortly. Actually, I ought to be finished with it, but have chose to focus my energy elsewhere. Reading it, though, has caused me to think a lot about my position in the world and my responsibility to it. The book is very informative in a relevant way.

For instance, learning some of what Sterns writes about has caused me to think of my own abundance. Now, if you would have said before I read some of this book if I had an abundance of possessions, I would have given you a well rounded answer—something like this: “Well, I know I have more than people in poor countries, but it’s not like I’m rich or anything.”

Lame

I have an abundance. It’s that simple. When it comes to the reality of what’s happening around the world to other humans—the Majority of humans—I am way up on the abundance scale. I have a safe place to live, clothing, food for Whenever I’m hungry, health, healthy children, a couple televisions, two vehicles, furniture, clean water, and on and on I can go.

So what am I going to do about it?

I don’t know—yet

I am unemployed, so I really do not have any income coming in. Heck, my unemployment benefits have stopped coming in, and I have filled out more applications than I ever have—add two more on top of that from today.

But that’s not an excuse; there must be something I can do. I will have to discuss it with my wife. This book has really got me thinking about my faith and what I am doing about it.

The review should be good

God bless.



—Jonathan J.