...even if you're homeless; even if you're an illegal immigrant. Put it this way: homeless illegal immigrants in Pakistan are probably dead now by the tens of thousands. And, if they're not dead, they probably wish they were; there's no Astrodome filled with caring citizens intent on helping to insure that they and their children stay alive, much less fed and sheltered.
So when you pray for the relief of the Central Asian suffering and give to entities like WorldVision, don't forget to thank God for the prosperity that we in America experience, just by being here instead of there.
Related: read Rabbi Daniel Lapin's 2003 take on why Judeo-Christian nations--especially those culturally steeped in the Protestant ethic--suffer less during natural disasters than do other countries.
(Thanks to Michael Williams and Michael Medved)
