I believe we are seeing the effects of Christians not remembering to take care of the orphans, the widowed, the foreigners, and the poor
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It's interesting that one of the reasons I was so attracted to the Bellingham area is because the level of compassion here would have been unheard of in Southern California. And just the other day at a writing conference a woman was discussing a book her friend was authoring. It was called The Empathic Parent, and had to do with loving the kids more when they acted up the most, a time when I know myself I would be pulling away, seeing that as an act of self-preservation. Been there. But charity is all about setting the self aside and seeing the greater good.
I am not much of a God person myself, but I AM a people person. And what this bill is all about is caring for those our culture has chosen to ignore - the weak, the ill, the elderly and those who fall at or near the poverty level. Two of my children, both adults, have no health care at this time, and both need it - my daughter because she is probably pre-diabetic, and my son due to severe food allergies. Thank God for state health insurance that covers my granddaughter. Now, at some point in the near future, all of us in this household will have the coverage we need to sustain us and offer us a better quality of life.
I know that God is a people person, too, simply because when I started this journey three years ago I wouldn't have felt this way. Since chasing Him (and I mean really doing it, not just going to church on Sundays- I do a LOT of quiet meditation on Scripture), my whole thought process is changing. Basically: I care now. As awful as I feel this healthcare bill is, as high as the price will be in the end (because I doubt we can really count the costs without a decade or so of perspective), I can't help but be happy that my friends who are without healthcare finally have some recourse. It was shameful that they didn't before.
I am not much of a God person myself, but I AM a people person. And what this bill is all about is caring for those our culture has chosen to ignore - the weak, the ill, the elderly and those who fall at or near the poverty level. Two of my children, both adults, have no health care at this time, and both need it - my daughter because she is probably pre-diabetic, and my son due to severe food allergies. Thank God for state health insurance that covers my granddaughter. Now, at some point in the near future, all of us in this household will have the coverage we need to sustain us and offer us a better quality of life.
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