I am richer than 85 percent of the world

December 9, 2006

http://globalrichlist.com/

Can we even comprehend the depth of riches that each one of us is awash in because we live in this country?  Is it not disgusting to know that a part-time job will make you more money than more than half of the world’s population?

The following is a fun fact from the website:

DID YOU KNOW..?

Three decades ago, the people in well-to-do countries were 30 times better off than those in countries where the poorest 20 percent of the world’s people live. By 1998, this gap had widened to 82 times.

I don’t know what to do with this.

The following is the kind of worship God does not want:

Bring no more vain offerings;
incense is an abomination to me.
New moon and Sabbath and the calling of convocations–
   I cannot endure iniquity and solemn assembly.
Your new moons and your appointed feasts
   my soul hates;
they have become a burden to me;
I am weary of bearing them.

- Isaiah 1:13-14 (emphasis mine [duh])

And following from the same context is the kind of worship God does want:

Seek justice,
correct oppression;
bring justice to the fatherless,
plead the widow’s cause.

- Isaiah 1:17

Now what do we do?

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