Financial Blessings

I learnt a very valuable lesson last night. Sometimes, helping someone in need doesn't have to be as unobtainable as you might think. Sure, there are homeless people all over the joint and there are poor, starving people in parts of the world we've never heard of and sometimes one might think, 'the problem is so big, my $20 won't mean a thing' at least that's how i sometimes feel. I read a news report online today that a lot of Australians are living well beneath the poverty line. I was also in a financially sticky situation last night myself. It got me thinking. Sometimes, if we pay for someone who cannot afford to do something, that is just exactly the same thing as reaching out to someone in need. So the next time someone says 'i can't afford it' or 'i haven't got the money', consider them as a person in need. Take the opportunity to reach out to them as though they were Christ and offer them your own financial blessings! Feed them, clothe them, do whatever it is that is neccessary. Give them the same consideration you would for a homeless person. Don't get me wrong i still think it's important for us to reach out in many other ways for the poor and third world countries etc, but i'm just saying, the opportunities aren't as big or far away as you might think they are!!! Always remeber, God's blessings are endlessly abundant when we think of each other and not only ourselves.