A Thanksgiving Perspective

On this Thanksgiving,
I am surrounded by a feast beyond compare;
143 million children are wondering if there will be enough to eat.

I am surrounded by friends and family;
143 million children are taken care of by government-paid workers or worse yet, no one.

I am surrounded by advertisements beckoning me to purchase the latest hot merchandise;
143 million children are digging through trash to find a thrown out pair of shoes to wear.

I am surrounded by grown men fighting over a brown ball and trying to move it 100 yrds;
143 million chidren are fighting to survive another day on the streets.

I am surrounded by gridlock on the highways and in the airports;
143 million children are walking to the nearest pond/lake/river to get water for the day.

I am surrounded by bottled water, soda, ice tea, coffee, and alcoholic beverages;
143 million children drink dirty water filled with parasites, diseases, and germs.

I am blessed by God;
143 million children are loved by God .

I am surrounded by 224 million "Christians" in the US (Adherents.com);
143 million children are "the least of these".

I am a sheep;
What are you?

All the nations will be gathered before him, and he will separate the people one from another as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats. ... The King will reply, ‘Truly I tell you, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers and sisters of mine, you did for me.'

Matt 25: 32,40

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