Matthew 19

Poverty

is so hard to see

when it's only on your TV

or 20 miles across town

Where we're all living so good

that we moved out of Jesus' neighborhood

where he's hungry and not feeling so good

from going through our trash.

He says, More than just your cash and coin

I want your time

I want your voice

I want the things you just can't give me

So what must we do?

Here in the West we want to follow you

We speak the language and we keep all the rules

Even a few we made up

Come on and follow me

Sell your house, sell your SUV

Sell your stocks, sell your security

and give it to the poor.

Well what is this?

Hey what's the deal?

I don't sleep around and I don't steal

I want the things you just can't give me.

Because what you do to the least of these

My brothers you have done it to me

Because I want the things you just can't give me

"Perhaps there is no more dangerous place for a Christian to be than in safety and comfort, detached from the suffering of others."
-Jesus for President