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Using what I've been given

PostPosted: Wed Aug 20, 2003 3:12 pm
by Rashiir
This summer, I didn't get a job. I could have, but I didn't, because I thought I didn't need money. I don't really. If I'm fed, I'm happy, usually. I thought that it would be a better use of my time to spend it with my friends than to waste it earning money I didn't need.

Well, it's not that I need money now any more than I did then. But then I heard on the radio about families that live in developing countries. The parents make an average of about $67 a month. Then I realized that I could make that in 10 hours of work. I've wasted my time.

I realized that I could have spent my summer here where it would be easy for me to get a job and get paid well helping those that live where neither of those things are true. I buried my mina.

So now I've decided to try and earn what money I can to give to those that need it. I don't need it. I don't want it. But they do.

Please pray for me.

PostPosted: Wed Aug 20, 2003 4:55 pm
by uc pseudonym
That's really very good of you. How many people consider that when considering summer plans? In any case, it sounds difficult. I'll be praying for you.

PostPosted: Wed Aug 20, 2003 7:33 pm
by Gypsy
That is very "New Testament" of you if you know what I mean. I think it's an awesome thing to do, and I'll be praying about it.

PostPosted: Wed Aug 20, 2003 9:11 pm
by shooraijin
Yeah, that's a commitment you rarely see considered, let alone made. Make the decision wisely with God's guidance (and prayer will be in force, of course).

PostPosted: Wed Aug 20, 2003 11:16 pm
by Rashiir
That is very "New Testament" of you if you know what I mean.

Yes. No. A bit?