Comments on: The Pain on the Far Side of the World http://ceruleansanctum.com/2008/05/the-pain-on-the-far-side-of-the-world.html Looking for the 1st century Church in 21st century America Tue, 22 May 2012 03:53:34 +0000 hourly 1 By: Swap Blog » Blog Archive » Prayer and Compassion Fatigue?http://ceruleansanctum.com/2008/05/the-pain-on-the-far-side-of-the-world.html#comment-38312 Swap Blog » Blog Archive » Prayer and Compassion Fatigue? Wed, 21 May 2008 01:10:37 +0000 http://ceruleansanctum.com/2008/05/the-pain-on-the-far-side-of-the-world.html#comment-38312 [...] crashing around them all the way from next door to the next continent. Milton’s post here and Dan’s post here. Swap This These icons link to social bookmarking sites where readers can share and discover new [...] [...] crashing around them all the way from next door to the next continent. Milton’s post here and Dan’s post here. Swap This These icons link to social bookmarking sites where readers can share and discover new [...]

]]> By: Oengus Moonboneshttp://ceruleansanctum.com/2008/05/the-pain-on-the-far-side-of-the-world.html#comment-37646 Oengus Moonbones Tue, 06 May 2008 01:00:23 +0000 http://ceruleansanctum.com/2008/05/the-pain-on-the-far-side-of-the-world.html#comment-37646 Quote: <i>Greed is greed</i> Certainly true. As for the matter of raising objections to our nice little war being merely "tiresome", well, I can only say about that X billion dollars we're spending every week that <i>somebody out there is cashing those checks.</i> Quote: Greed is greed

Certainly true. As for the matter of raising objections to our nice little war being merely “tiresome”, well, I can only say about that X billion dollars we’re spending every week that somebody out there is cashing those checks.

]]> By: Georgehttp://ceruleansanctum.com/2008/05/the-pain-on-the-far-side-of-the-world.html#comment-37629 George Mon, 05 May 2008 17:53:41 +0000 http://ceruleansanctum.com/2008/05/the-pain-on-the-far-side-of-the-world.html#comment-37629 Actually, no, I don't see a problem where you see one. The fact that we cannot help everyone does not exempt us from the responsibility to help someone. The fact that it's harder to help those on the other side of the world does not exempt us from doing so. Since we have the means to become aware of what's happening in the third world, and since we have the means to send contributions, then we have the responsibility to do so: Eph 2.10. How am I redeeming the time? Do I use the media solely for my entertainment and knowledge and business, or do I use it to reach back to others. Do I use my blessings first for my own consumption and satisfaction, or do I use them to share among others and myself? The answer, as I said before, is mostly for myself. That is not Christ-like. While I am not responsible for the greed of either the poor beggar or the patrician, I am responsible for my own, just as you are for yours. Perhaps, Dan, when you wrote of how much pizza you deserved, you were saying how much was fair to consume. Even so, the question still remains: what is the standard for fairness? Is it really nothing more than if I earned the money to afford it, then it's fair to consume it? I'm confident you would not say that. But what would you say? My answer? I don't know. But I do know that of course you are blessed for your gifts to African missions and local homeless. Actually, no, I don’t see a problem where you see one. The fact that we cannot help everyone does not exempt us from the responsibility to help someone. The fact that it’s harder to help those on the other side of the world does not exempt us from doing so.

Since we have the means to become aware of what’s happening in the third world, and since we have the means to send contributions, then we have the responsibility to do so: Eph 2.10.

How am I redeeming the time? Do I use the media solely for my entertainment and knowledge and business, or do I use it to reach back to others. Do I use my blessings first for my own consumption and satisfaction, or do I use them to share among others and myself?

The answer, as I said before, is mostly for myself. That is not Christ-like. While I am not responsible for the greed of either the poor beggar or the patrician, I am responsible for my own, just as you are for yours.

Perhaps, Dan, when you wrote of how much pizza you deserved, you were saying how much was fair to consume. Even so, the question still remains: what is the standard for fairness? Is it really nothing more than if I earned the money to afford it, then it’s fair to consume it? I’m confident you would not say that. But what would you say? My answer? I don’t know.

But I do know that of course you are blessed for your gifts to African missions and local homeless.

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