What would living out Mark 12:31 this Christmas season really look like?
How would our world, your neighborhood - be impacted?
How could the perception of Christ's Church be changed if we took this passage seriously?
What it for every dollar you spent on yourself, your family, & your friends this Christmas you also spent a dollar on a neighbor*?
* neighbor being, the poor, homeless, hungry, naked, widowed, elderly, children...those who are in more need than us
Let's round down to the nearest hundred billion and say that American's will spend only $400 Billion this Christmas. If we took this 1:1 seriously one of two things would happen:
- We would spend $400 Billion on ourselves & $400 Billion on our neighbors
- or We would spend $200 Billion on ourselves & $200 Billion on our neighbors
either way we probably still have more than we need and the world would be changed forever, and that's just talking about 1:1 during Christmas 2010. What if we did this every year, or even better - what if we did this every day?
Don't be afraid to ask "what if" this Christmas - I think Christ would be pleased with our response.
His,
~C
1 comment:
This is the kind of stuff that I think about when considering presents and such. If we would spend what we spend on ourselves for our neighbors as well....well gosh, things would change! All in all, I agree with you, so I feel like I should challenge you in some way, in order to avoid groupthink.
Well, actually, some clarification I would appreciate. (hello yoda...)
What do you mean, in your last sentence, what are you getting at?
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