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God's love: the solution to poverty
Originally appeared on spirituality.com
As part of a course at the college where I taught, groups of students volunteered at a food pantry, serving meals to the homeless. I used to go with them, and found it an inspiring experience—but also somewhat unsettling.
Much of the assigned course reading asserted that poverty is inevitable, and that certain people are doomed to a life of lack from the moment they are born. I would ask myself, “Is that true? Or is there a genuine solution to unequal distribution of wealth and opportunity?”
Economic and social theories that look to material causes and conditions to find solutions to poverty haven’t really succeeded in alleviating this problem. But there are spiritual answers, and the Bible offers wonderful examples of God’s willingness to bless, not deprive, His creation.
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About the author
Elaine Follis is a Christian Science practitioner living in Quincy, Massachusetts.
