Chicken claws and poverty
The first three days of this week were Revival services at my alma matter. I am an advocate with Compassion International, and I was able to work their table at the event. Jeremy Kingsley was the revival speaker, and he told a story about visiting India and serving lunch to a group of kids. They had a lunch assembly line set up and he was on chicken duty. The bowl would be passed to him, full of rice, and he’d put the chicken in. He came to a point when he was running out of chicken pieces and all that was left was the claw, and the teacher at the school was saying that he needed to give the claw to the child. He talked about how he just couldn’t bear to do it.
The point is simple - we walk into KFC and we get meaty, tender thighs and legs. These kids are fortunate to receive the claw of the chicken. There’s no meat, but it’s better than what the other kids in the neighborhood get. We have to work to burn off calories because we’ve eaten too much. The developing world longs for those extra calories that we essentially wasted.
So, what are you going to do about it? What are you doing about it? We know that God has called us to respond. How are you responding? I encourage you to sponsor a child with Compassion. It’s not the only way to impact people living in abject poverty, but it’s one of the best ways that I know.
Compassion is Christ-centered, child focused, church based, and committed to integrity. They know that God is working through the church, and as such they have joined Him where He is working - by partnering with evangelical churches in 25 countries around the world. Every child in Compassion’s ministry receives assistance from the local church that runs their Child Development Center. Last year, over 100,000 of them made first time decisions for Christ. So, they get services that can save them physically and spiritually.
Won’t you join me and speak up for these kids who cannot speak up for themselves?