Comments on: Why the church needs to be doing more in helping the elderly https://www.ourthoughts.ca/2016/11/03/why-the-church-needs-to-be-doing-more-in-helping-the-elderly/ Thought-provoking commentary on life, politics, religion and social issues. Tue, 13 Dec 2016 20:11:06 +0000 hourly 1 By: Anonymous 2 https://www.ourthoughts.ca/2016/11/03/why-the-church-needs-to-be-doing-more-in-helping-the-elderly/comment-page-1/#comment-230233 Tue, 13 Dec 2016 20:11:06 +0000 http://www.ourthoughts.ca/?p=3271#comment-230233 The first reply to this article post has been bothering me. At first I didn’t reply because I don’t want to be a troll. The older and wiser I get the less inclined I am to think that people get what they deserve. We reap what we sow is true within limits. Just because someone is in a relatively poor spot doesn’t mean that is what they deserve. We need to be very careful to judge another’s lack and I not share.

What mostly accounts for ones wealth or poverty in life is the lottery of birth and not personal virtue. People’s poor choices can leave them in a bad situation, but people can change and we need to let them change. People like this grandmother with lots of children and grandchildren is truly blessed. Those with more should share.

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By: Anonymous https://www.ourthoughts.ca/2016/11/03/why-the-church-needs-to-be-doing-more-in-helping-the-elderly/comment-page-1/#comment-229996 Sat, 05 Nov 2016 04:30:21 +0000 http://www.ourthoughts.ca/?p=3271#comment-229996 All of these riches are important and it would be great if there are enough resources to provide that to so many people.

However, people reap what they sow and the law is very strict and severe. It should be kept in mind that many of these wonderful riches are primarily a consequence of behavior chosen earlier in life and provided for in the form of family and grandkids.

For example, my grandmother, who had 10 childrend and over 100 direct descendants, had all of these riches in abundance and is an excellent example of an extremely worthy woman who reaped what she sowed.

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