Hero 3: (Skitz Story) The Good We Ought...

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Everyone can help someone... hero 1 Wednesday, February 4, 2009

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Skitz was failing as a friend. For some reason he had changed and had not bothered to give his friends the memo. They looked in at his life and wanted to be part of it, but he did not know how to invite them in. We are more blessed than we realize. It has become a cliche that we all accept, but don’t really do anything about. Especially as adults we are burned out on need. We are so accustomed to seeing the adds with starving children on TV and hearing about it on the news that we have just accepted it as part of life. Something that we have no real chance to change. While that is true, it is not true enough. There is no way any of us, even in the richest country in the world, could help everyone, but we could certainly help someone. What is amazing very year we go to Mexico is that students do not have the moral shielding that adults do. When they see poverty, they don’t justify their wealth, they just give it away. They throw the little they have at those who need it, and run to get more. They are not worried about the practicality, or the sustainability of their efforts, they are just lost in a moment of total compassion. I wonder if the world would be a better place if we could all learn to be so irresponsibly compassionate.

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Everyone can help someone...heroWhatshouldskitzhavesaidtohisfriends?

WhatdidSkitzdorightinthevideo?

WhatmotivatedHimtospendsomuchtimeservingothers?

Whatdoyouthinkheshoulddonow?

Whathaveyoudonetohelpotherswithyourresources?

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Amazing resources

Crazy Powers

Saves the Day

HeroicResolve

Amazing resources

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Everyone can help someone...

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1.BlessedtoBless:

(Whatwillyoudowithyour

amazingresources?]

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James 1:27 Religion that God our Father accepts as pure and faultless is this: to look after orphans and widows in their distress and to keep oneself from being polluted by the world.

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James 4:13 Now listen, you who say, "Today or tomorrow we will go to this or that city, spend a year there, carry on business and make money." 14 Why, you do not even know what will happen tomorrow. What is your life? You are a mist that appears for a little while and then vanishes. 15 Instead, you ought to say, "If it is the Lord's will, we will live and do this or that." 16 As it is, you boast in your arrogant schemes. All such boasting is evil. 17 So then, if you know the good you ought to do and don't do it, you sin.

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Tohelpusimaginewhatpovertymeans,aprominenteconomist

itemizedthe"luxuries"wewouldhavetoabandonifweweretoadoptthelifestyleofour1.2billionneighborswholiveindesperatepoverty:

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WebeginbyinvadingthehouseofourimaginaryAmericanfamilytostripitofitsfurniture.

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Everythinggoes:beds,tables,televisionset,lamps.

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Wewillleavethefamilywith:afewoldblankets,akitchentable,awoodenchair.

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Alongwiththebureausgotheclothes.Eachmemberofthefamilymaykeepinhis"wardrobe"hisoldestsuitordress,ashirtorblouse.Wewillpermitapairofshoesfortheheadofthefamily,butnoneforthewifeofchildren.

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Wemovetothekitchen.Theapplianceshavealreadybeentakenout,sonowweturntothecupboards...

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Theboxofmatchesmaystay,asmallbagofflour,somesugar,andsalt.Afewmoldypotatoes,alreadyinthegarbagecan,mustbehastilyrescued,fortheywillprovidemuchoftonight'smeal.Wewillleaveahandfulofonions,andadishofdriedbeans.

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Alltherestwewilltakeaway:themeat,thefreshvegetables,thecannedgoods,thecrackers,thecandy.

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Nowwehavestrippedthehouse:Thebathroomhasbeendismantled,therunningwatershutoff,theelectricwirestakenout.Nextwetakeawaythehouse.Thefamilycanmovetothetoolshed...

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Communicationmustgonext.Nomorenewspapers,magazines,books-notthattheyaremissed,sincewemusttakeawayourfamiliesliteracyaswell.

Instead,inourshantytownwewillallowoneradio....

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NowGovernmentservicesmustgo.Nomorepostman,nomorefiremen.

Thereisaschool,butitisthreemilesawayandconsistsoftwoclassrooms...Thereare,ofcourse,nohospitalsordoctorsnearby.Thenearestclinicistenmilesawayandistendedbyamidwife.Itcanbereachedbybicyclewhichisunlikely...

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Finally,money.Wewillallowour

familyacashhoardof$5.00.

ThiswillpreventtheourbreadwinnerfromexperiencingthetragedyofanIranianpeasantwhowentblindbecausehecouldnotraisethe$3.94,whichhemistakenlythoughtheneededtoreceiveadmissiontoahospitalwherehecouldhavebeencured.

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James 4:17 So then, if you know the good you ought to do and don't do it, you sin.

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Everyone can help someone...

hero

2aFamiliarStranger

(Godtakesthewaywetreatothersseriously?]

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Matthew 25:31 "When the Son of Man comes in his glory, and all the angels with him, he will sit on his glorious throne. 32 All the nations will be gathered before him, and he will separate the people one from another as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats. 33 He will put the sheep on his right and the goats on his left.

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Matthew 25:33 He will put the sheep on his right and the goats on his left. 34 "Then the King will say to those on his right, 'Come, you who are blessed by my Father; take your inheritance, the kingdom prepared for you since the creation of the world. 35 For I was hungry and you gave me something to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink, I was a stranger and you invited me in, 36 I needed clothes and you clothed me, I was sick and you looked after me, I was in prison and you came to visit me.'

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Matthew 25:37 "Then the righteous will answer him, 'Lord, when did we see you hungry and feed you, or thirsty and give you something to drink? 38 When did we see you a stranger and invite you in, or needing clothes and clothe you? 39 When did we see you sick or in prison and go to visit you?' 40 "The King will reply, 'Truly I tell you, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers and sisters of mine, you did for me.'

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Matthew 25:40 "The King will reply, 'Truly I tell you, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers and sisters of mine, you did for me.'

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Everyone can help someone...

hero

3AMoreFinalExam:

(Wewillhavetogiveanaccountingfor

ourresources?]

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Matthew 25:31 "When the Son of Man comes in his glory, and all the angels with him, he will sit on his glorious throne. 32 All the nations will be gathered before him, and he will separate the people one from another as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats. 33 He will put the sheep on his right and the goats on his left.

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“Loveyourneighborasyourself,” ~Jesus(Matt12:37-39)

ThewayyouloveothersisthewayyouloveGod.ThewayyouloveothersisthewayyouloveGod.

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BeingaHerois1%ability

and99%attitude.

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