Today I heard an American

[BobHunt]

teenager comparing her deprivation to that of our children, because her parents would only buy her a used car. There are none so impoverished as those who do not acknowledge the abundance off their lives.
-Paul Cook's Diary

[Brian Hammons]

Before we begin leveling our harsh stares on American adolescents, we need to consider (at least in part) the source of this learned perspective. . . yes, its us adults/parents.

[William Hunter]

teenager comparing her deprivation to that of our children, because her parents would only buy her a used car. There are none so impoverished as those who do not acknowledge the abundance off their lives.
-Paul Cook's Diary

We are often told that the average annual income for most of the world is $200.00. When we consider that our nation's ave. income is figured into that along with the wealth of Europe, so many of our world earn much less than $200.00 per year. On a given day, if you wear glasses, a piece or two of inexpensive jewlery, plus your clothes, what you wear most often costs more than what most of the people in our world earn in an entire year. And today is the day of annual Thanksgiving offering for world missions.