As I watched the news here in America, the different news stations were talking about the inevitable recession, tax cuts, presidential candidates, and the Super Bowl. Many are worried that they will lose jobs or at the least the value of their investment portfolio will decline. Others are worried about the lowest level of new homes being built will cause more frenzy in the market not to mention a multibillion dollor write off by one of the worlds leading banking institutions.
Some are worried about Brady’s ankle as he was caught wearing a boot and others are asking who is going to fill the Atlanta Falcons or Redskins coaching vacancies. Colts fans were excited to see Dungy return for another year, while Giants fans are preparing to do whatever it takes to get to Arizona to see their beloved (this is a joke) Manning number 2 compete for the world’s most coveted trophy in Superbowl 42!
I watched TBN this past Sunday and I saw the same ol same ol. Duplantis, Dollar, and other such false teachers were spewing their weekly dose of heresy cloaked in the ever so popular “Health, Wealth and Prosperity” foolishness. And I was taking all of this in I read this article here.
The article is about Congo which is in Africa, sub-Sahara I think. In the last 10 years roughly 5.4 million have died due to Civil War, and sicknesses such as pneumonia, diarrhea, malaria and other small health issues that we don’t even blink over. The war is being fought by children as young as 8 or 9. They are forced to fight or die and watch their families die also. They are given Amphetamines, and Marijuana to keep them high while they rape, mutilate, burn, and perform other such ruthless acts on men, women, and other children their same age.
It is estimated that Congo spends roughly $15 dollars on medical care while Americans spend roughly $6,ooo per year. No dentist, emergency rooms, or pediatricians and the scariest thing is that almost half of the people who are dying due to a lack of medical care are children which only make up 19% of the total population. So as we complain to the waiter that are fries are not hot, poverty and malnutrition is destroying a generation of Congoians.
The scripture “be thankful at all times” is ingrained in my mind as I read the article and watched the multimedia video here (please, please, please, please, watch this and listen to the audio that narrates it). We are truly blessed to be born in the great land of America, the land of milk and honey. And while many complain about much here in America, for most of these people there is no hope. Especially if you were were born in the last 15 years.
I wrote this to smack us back into reality. We need a wake up call here in America. While we have luxuries at our disposal they don’t have the basic necessities to even survive. It is estimated that about 1,000 people die a day due to the conditions in Congo. I often wonder why you would even attempt to reproduce in such circumstances and I see the hand of God sustaining life even amongst turmoil.
So lets pray that God would intervene in the lives of the inhabitants of Congo, and lets repent if their is even a hint of discontentment in our lives. How dare we complain when some of our lower class citizens would be considered rich in Congo. Lets also pray that God would open a door for the Gospel. What great hope we can infuse with the truth of eternal life, even in the midst of extreme poverty, and calamity. Our God is an awesome God and he loves those of Congo just as much as He loves us here in this great nation.
