A Little Perspective…

I’ve muted the news. I just can’t take the gloom and pessimism, the lack of perspective, anymore. So to shift the focus and re-frame things a little consider this from J. Lee Grady:

This week while many people in the United States were fretting over the credit crisis and its effect on their 401Ks, Christians in the Indian village of Sindhipankha were mourning the death of their friend Dushashan Majhi. A bold Christian, he was shot on Oct. 3 by a band of Hindu militants who then cut his body into pieces.

The people in Sindhipankha do not have 401Ks. Many of them, in fact, no longer have homes. Across the state of Orissa, in northeast India, Hindus have ransacked and burned hundreds of Christians’ houses and churches during the last two months. Hundreds have died….

I know we are experiencing some hard times here at home, but let’s keep things in perspective. While we are complaining about high gas prices in the United States, some Indian Christians are being doused with gasoline and set on fire. While we worry about bank bailouts, Indian believers have lost everything and fear returning to their villages….

Please, go read the whole thing. Regain some perspective. And then call on the God who is still in control to focus your mind and heart on those things that will outlast your need for a retirement account.

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