“If you are generous with the hungry and start giving yourselves to the down-and-out, your lives will begin to glow in the darkness, your shadowed lives will be bathed in sunlight.” (Isaiah 58:10 MSG)
Here are a few mind-blowing statistics:
-The world produces 17% more food per person today than thirty years ago, but close to a billion people go hungry every night. 98% of these people live in developing countries. (Oxfam)
-Americans eat 815 billion calories of food each day - that's roughly 200 billion more than needed - enough to feed 80 million people. Americans throw out 200,000 tons of edible food daily. (public.wsu.edu)
-83% of Americans identify themselves as Christian. (abcnews.com)
How can we call ourselves a Christian nation and continue to ignore those who hunger and thirst? How can we refuse to help those who are powerless and vulnerable?
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