Around the World....

I recently seen these articles, and thought they were very interesting! You might be interested in taking a look at them.....

A weeks worth of grocery's for families around the world.

Children's favorite toys from around the world.

Children's places to sleep around the world.

We seldom realize how blessed we are, most of us have just been raised where we have plenty. Many of us cannot fathom what it would be like to not know where your next meal is coming from, or not having a place to sleep at night, or not having shoes to wear, or just having a couple of toys. Our thoughts of being poor, mean something like, not being able to go on a trip we want to, or not having top brand clothing, or not being able to buy everything we want. But we have it so good! We ought to stop and be thankful, because we are so blessed! We live in America, the land of plenty...the grocery stores are packed with hundreds of options, we have restaurants  clothings stores, toy stores, and in case you need financial help we have tons of programs to help out, we have soup kitchens and clothing banks. We have 2nd hand stores, clothing swaps, and garage sales. Most of us throw food out that gets bad before we eat it, most of us complain because we need to go through our things and get rid of stuff because we have too much! Can you fathom what its like to be an orphan and have a bed and maybe a drawer of things to call your own. Can you fathom what its like to try to steal off of someone else's plate to try to fill your belly? Can you fathom being a two year old on the streets fending for yourself?

What can we do? We can't help it we were born here! You're right, but maybe we should stop and make ourselves aware, and help and support and pray for those who do not have the everyday essentials that we are so blessed with! Maybe we should stop to realize how foolish our grumbling and complaining is, how despicable it must be in God's eye. Shouldn't we stop to at least thank Him?