Should we provide care for all the impoverished?
Who are the impoverished? There are number of definitions the impoverished, "the poor." It may be defined as those who have very few financial, and related resources. Especially significant are those who are financially poor without income or with poor jobs. They are often very lacking regarding food, shelter, and clothing. Statistics pertinent to the financially poor are startling. A quarter of the world's people survive in a manner that Americans would describe as impoverished. Even in the United States an estimated twenty percent of children live in poverty, with tens of thousands living with homeless families.
The names on the roles of the impoverished continue to expand via natural disasters such as hurricanes, tornadoes, floods, and wildfires in the United States and abroad, and due to the effects of world economies. Right on your own block there may be hidden, needy people, and we should not be so indifferent to them as to not take care of the poor.
Welfare services provide a modicum of financial and social support for all citizens. Occasionally referred to as public aid, it is a government managed service available in most westernized countries, to address the short term needs of its financially challenged citizens. Aside from that provided by the government, charities, social organizations, churches, and others often work to help stabilize individuals and families in need.
God told His people that the poor will always be with us. To do so was not intended to cause desensitization, rather to enhance our awareness of them. Because of the international pervasiveness of the issue even in the westernized world, many governments are diligently working with their populations to avoid excessively burdening them without denying the need for welfare intervention. Even the most strident conservatives should not fail to discuss the merits of and details regarding their plans for managing care and assistance to the poor and plans for moving those who presently receive free assistance to the roles of those who provide assistance.
Even very fiscally conservative Christians who believe in small government must not shift the burden of "the poor" to the definitively most wealthy; you must all share the responsibility. But, how will you do so if you lack financial prosperity yourself? Absent your ability, who will take care of all the impoverished? God intended for you (His people) to be wealthy so that you might spread the gospel, live life more abundantly and take care of the poor (Lev. 25:35-36). Prosper now and live as God wants you to live!
The names on the roles of the impoverished continue to expand via natural disasters such as hurricanes, tornadoes, floods, and wildfires in the United States and abroad, and due to the effects of world economies. Right on your own block there may be hidden, needy people, and we should not be so indifferent to them as to not take care of the poor.
Welfare services provide a modicum of financial and social support for all citizens. Occasionally referred to as public aid, it is a government managed service available in most westernized countries, to address the short term needs of its financially challenged citizens. Aside from that provided by the government, charities, social organizations, churches, and others often work to help stabilize individuals and families in need.
God told His people that the poor will always be with us. To do so was not intended to cause desensitization, rather to enhance our awareness of them. Because of the international pervasiveness of the issue even in the westernized world, many governments are diligently working with their populations to avoid excessively burdening them without denying the need for welfare intervention. Even the most strident conservatives should not fail to discuss the merits of and details regarding their plans for managing care and assistance to the poor and plans for moving those who presently receive free assistance to the roles of those who provide assistance.
Even very fiscally conservative Christians who believe in small government must not shift the burden of "the poor" to the definitively most wealthy; you must all share the responsibility. But, how will you do so if you lack financial prosperity yourself? Absent your ability, who will take care of all the impoverished? God intended for you (His people) to be wealthy so that you might spread the gospel, live life more abundantly and take care of the poor (Lev. 25:35-36). Prosper now and live as God wants you to live!