This post is in no way designed to demean the plight of those suffering from the material definition of poverty.
It is not a pleasant scenario being strapped for cash. When you have cultivated a way of life within limited means and even those resources get short, it can be very difficult indeed.
I have been in a position, however, where the materials required for life were not in lack at all. Having experienced that position, the lesson I learnt was about a poverty that can be even more devastating than the material.
Poverty of real, deep and meaningful relationships.
I don’t think we need many. The riches to be found in the few that you cultivate can stimulate and sustain life for years on end. And it really is enriching on levels far greater than whatever is offered in a bank account or with whatever is purchased from said bank account.
Sometimes in the pursuit of sustaining the riches of material, there’s a sacrifice of neglecting the enrichment of those real, deep and meaningful relationships. Sometimes in pursuit of the safety and provision for the people. that which the people really need goes lacking.
When we lack in that, there is a true, profound and devastating poverty indeed.
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For His Name’s Sake
Shalom
C. L. J. Dryden
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