The Poor in Spirit

Right now we have a surplus of food and I felt a bit weird as I offered some to a local church... "If any of your congregants are going through hard times." A lot of them are farmers and, well, you know how that goes. It's good to remember that not all the problems inner city rescue missions deal with occur in the inner city. And not all of the people we help are poor.

We've served doctors, business owners, wealthy wives, teachers, pastors, missionaries and more. The very rich have a lot of challenges that don't come into play in our social class. The Bible helps us understand this, and it is written word for word in three of the four gospels!

"It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle, than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God." (Mark 10:25)

While we strive to protect the names of those we serve who come from society's stratosphere, just knowing we can have an impact beyond our traditional borders, and perhaps where the churches can or have not... well, just makes you feel good.

Here's the blog post that got me thinking about serving the rich:
http://scobleizer.wordpress.com/2006/07/04/geeks-private-hells/

Like I said yesterday, "We're all messed up.