Priorities

In 2008 the UNDP found that:

The annual cost for basic education for all children in peripheral countries would be around $6 billion, which is less than the annual sales of cosmetics in the US.

Providing water and sanitation for everyone in peripheral countries is estimated at $9 billion per year, which is less than the Europeans annual expenditure on ice cream.

Providing basic health and nutrition for everyone in the peripheral countries would cost an estimated 13 billion per year; which is less than the annual expenditure on pet food in Europe and the US.

Reducing military expenditures in core countries by less than 10% each year would pay for the costs of basic education, water and sanitation, basic health and nutrition, and reproductive health programs for everyone in peripheral countries

As followers of Christ shouldn't we have our priorites straight? Christ says," whatever you do unto the least of these, it is as if you do them unto Me."

Are we letting Christ starve? Are we ignoring His cries for help? Are we putting or pride and vanity above Him?

These are the children of God, and yet we turn a blind eye every day.