We are advocates for and with the poor. And to stand with the poor is to stand with the marginalized and despised...
If you choose to be irrelevant you are not out of touch. You are where most of the world is. The poor of the world are not relevant. When we become the scum of the world we become what the poor already are.
We follow a Lord who exercised his lordship through service, whose strength lay in his weakness, whose glory was revealed in his shame, whose triumph was won through his defeat."
-Justice, Mercy and Humility: Integral Mission and the Poor
That's a quote from a book I used in a paper I wrote in college. It really challenged and humbled me back then, and I recently stumbled across it again and felt like I should post it on here.
Also, here is a video from an organization called the Trash Mountain Project. It's about people (and children!) who live in the dumps in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. I was speechless after watching it. I pray you will watch it and let your heart be opened...
Trash Mountain Project - Trashed in Cambodia from Trash Mountain on Vimeo.
