I totally copied and pasted this from the Remember the Poor website http://rememberthepoor.wordpress.com/3/
Our amazing daycare lady (who retired last summer, soooooooooo sad) ... is going on a mission trip to this ministry in just a few days!!
Reading the ministry's website has blown my mind and heart away!!! I have heard this kind of statistics before ... but somehow this time they have taken on a much deeper meaning!
Here are the stats ...
Am I Rich?
· Got $2200? In this world, you’re rich. Assets (not cash) of $2200 per adult place a person in the top 50% of the world’s wealthiest.*
· If you made $1500 last year, you’re in the top 20% of the world’s income earners.**
· If you have sufficient food, decent clothes, live in a house or apartment, and have a reasonably reliable means of transportation, you are among the top 15% of the world’s wealthy. **
· Have $61,000 in assets? You’re among the richest 10% of the adults in the world.*
· If you have any money saved, a hobby that requires some equipment or supplies, a variety of clothes in your closet, two cars (in any condition), and live in your own home, you are in the top 5% of the world’s wealthy. **
· If you have more than $500,000 in assets, you’re part of the richest 1% of the world.*
You will be made rich in every way so that you can be generous on every occassion, and through us your generosity will result in thanksgiving to God.~ II Corinthians 9:11
*Source– MSN Money
AND my own verse that keeps coming to mind when I read these stats ...
"To whom much is given, much is required!" Matt 24"...
And I'm not sure where this quote came from ... but "Once our eyes are opened we can't pretend we don't know what to do. God, who weighs our hearts and keeps our souls, knows that we know, and holds us responsible to act."
Sam and my EYES ARE OPENED ...
Our amazing daycare lady (who retired last summer, soooooooooo sad) ... is going on a mission trip to this ministry in just a few days!!
Reading the ministry's website has blown my mind and heart away!!! I have heard this kind of statistics before ... but somehow this time they have taken on a much deeper meaning!
Here are the stats ...
Am I Rich?
· Got $2200? In this world, you’re rich. Assets (not cash) of $2200 per adult place a person in the top 50% of the world’s wealthiest.*
· If you made $1500 last year, you’re in the top 20% of the world’s income earners.**
· If you have sufficient food, decent clothes, live in a house or apartment, and have a reasonably reliable means of transportation, you are among the top 15% of the world’s wealthy. **
· Have $61,000 in assets? You’re among the richest 10% of the adults in the world.*
· If you have any money saved, a hobby that requires some equipment or supplies, a variety of clothes in your closet, two cars (in any condition), and live in your own home, you are in the top 5% of the world’s wealthy. **
· If you have more than $500,000 in assets, you’re part of the richest 1% of the world.*
You will be made rich in every way so that you can be generous on every occassion, and through us your generosity will result in thanksgiving to God.~ II Corinthians 9:11
*Source– MSN Money
AND my own verse that keeps coming to mind when I read these stats ...
"To whom much is given, much is required!" Matt 24"...
And I'm not sure where this quote came from ... but "Once our eyes are opened we can't pretend we don't know what to do. God, who weighs our hearts and keeps our souls, knows that we know, and holds us responsible to act."
Sam and my EYES ARE OPENED ...
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