Thursday, June 10th, 2010 Day 5
Thursday, June 10th, 2010 Day 5
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STAFF SUPERVISION |
June 7 – June 18 |
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Grade 6-7 Lockers |
Mr. A. Enns |
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Grade 8 Lockers |
Ms. S. Mason |
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Grade 9 Lockers |
Mr. R. Visch |
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HS Cafeteria |
Mrs. B. Piché |
GENERAL STUDENT NEWS
Students/Staff: The LAR will close as of this Friday, June 11th. There are a number of tests that still need to be written.
Devotional Day 5, Thursday, June 10th, 2010
Life on the Hill
Proverbs 14:31b ~ . . . whoever is kind to the needy honors God.
Most of us take our fast lives for granted. We seldom take a break from our Facebook pages and iPods to think about how much we really have . . .and how much the rest of the world doesn't have. That's because the world, with its billions of people and problems, seems too big and far away to really worry about.
We'd all be better off to think smaller. That is, we could understand the breadth of the problem better if we were to imagine out planet of people represented by a small town of one thousand. Here's what that would look like:
In our community, 180 of us live high on a hill, called the developed world, overlooking everything else. The other 820 - the rest of the world - live on the rocky bottomland.
The fortunate 180 have more than 80 percent of the town's wealth and more than half the rooms, with two rooms per person. The 820 people below have less than half the rooms, with five persons to a room.
According to the best estimates, the people on the hill own 85 percent of all automobiles, 80 percent of all TV sets, 93 percent of all phones and electronic gear, and have an average income that dwarfs the measly earnings of those in the flatlands, two-thirds of whom live on less than $2 a day. Meanwhile, the town below is unable to house, clothe, or feed 350 of its residents, 125 never get enough to eat, and 250 of the townspeople eat the wrong kinds of food. They have something called malnutrition, but they don't know it.
The people on the hill consume 80 percent of the world's natural resources - almost 20 percent faster than the earth can replenish them. Think of the earth as a juice box, but with five straws stuck into it!
Jesus instructed his followers to feed the hungry, give water to the thirsty, house strangers, clothe the naked, aid the sick, and visit the imprisoned. As far as Jesus is concerned, there's no distinction between the hill people and the flatlanders. He keeps hoping the hill people will realize that, but many of them appear to be comfortably asleep - another luxury not shared by the rest of the town.
Prayer:
Dear God – Remind us regularly about the excess we have. Remind us to feed others who are hungry, and fill other needs as we see them. You instructed us to do so. Thank you for the blessing that comes from serving others.
In Jesus’ Name, Amen
by Rick Christian, The One Year Alive Devotions for Students, 2009.