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Someone has described us as the throw-away generation. When something breaks we throw it away rather than trying to fix it. If something is lost we find it easier to get another one than to search diligently. Such patterns may be good for the economy, but what do they do to the spirit?
I recently saw a figure on the number of homeless people in the U.S. don't remember the figure, but it was staggering. Not in Asia, nor Africa but here, amid recovery. We read, almost without compassion, of the numbers of jobs in industry that are now completely eliminated, and will never exist again even amid great prosperity. We have more computers, a better informational linkage to identify stolen automobiles than we do to find missing children.
We need to hear again these parables about finding the lost. They challenge our complacency. Pray that they may change our attitudes to the point we, too, might find cause for rejoicing.
I recently saw a figure on the number of homeless people in the U.S. don't remember the figure, but it was staggering. Not in Asia, nor Africa but here, amid recovery. We read, almost without compassion, of the numbers of jobs in industry that are now completely eliminated, and will never exist again even amid great prosperity. We have more computers, a better informational linkage to identify stolen automobiles than we do to find missing children.
We need to hear again these parables about finding the lost. They challenge our complacency. Pray that they may change our attitudes to the point we, too, might find cause for rejoicing.
