tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9167223.post6517842957254899217..comments2023-10-12T21:43:56.206+11:00Comments on studio citro: The Big Issuestudiocitrohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17493018644546094253noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9167223.post-18680115274199666212008-05-23T09:17:00.000+10:002008-05-23T09:17:00.000+10:00our small group recently when through a DVD study ...our small group recently when through a DVD study called "the Truth Project". It's an intense, and long, study, but a good one. One thing that really stuck out to me is right along these lines. <BR/><BR/>The study talked about the poor, helping the poor, everything you're discussing. It talked about how the Bible calls us to help those in need, and how 'there will always be poor'. <BR/><BR/>But the thing that stuck out was that many times in the Bible, when there are examples of people helping the poor, it's often through them helping by giving them work - not money. Helping by creating ways in which they can help themselves.<BR/><BR/>The way it was presented was very profound, in the idea that maybe what God wants us to do is help people by doing exactly that, NOT necessarily help people by just giving them handouts. <BR/><BR/>Most people want to have value, and by giving them work, you're not just helping them with basic needs but you're helping them see value in themselves. <BR/><BR/>It seems obvious, but until that lesson I had never really thought of it that way. I'd always thought of the calling as a calling to simply GIVE to the poor. Maybe there's more to it than that. <BR/><BR/>In that vein, I love that concept, that people are selling the magazines to make money. It's perfect. And maybe what you're called to do is buy the magazine, more often, and research other ways you can create work for them...yellowgirlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18426753323616139983noreply@blogger.com