Lelia, I agree that the poor can be greedy, but, more often than not, 
a homeless person, a very poor person with old clothes, a mentally 
ill person, etc, get turned away from rich churches, and not so 
wealthy congregations.  This shouldn't happen anywhere within the 
body of CHRIST.

IN HIS MATCHLESS NAME,

purple Mari



At 12:01 PM 5/8/2007, you wrote:
>Unfortunately Kathy, your right. I can't remember if I brought this 
>up here, but there is a man we know who is sadly an alcoholic. He's 
>a totally blind guy who has an excellent job, him and Todd worked 
>together for a few years, we all didn't think he would last because 
>he can't spell and he drinks. Well, you speak of covetousness, I 
>speak of envy and jealousy when this man got this job who should be 
>the one to train him? My husband I was so mad because I had applied 
>for that same job and knew I could have done so much better but they 
>hired him. Your right the poor and rich alike are sinners just the 
>same. Also, you bring up another good point that the rich are called 
>out on htere greed a lot more than the poor, that is something to 
>chew on. Thank you for what you said here.
>
>You also speak of gluttony, ouch!!! I just realized today that if 
>some sweet is right on my table in front of me no matter how I've 
>tried I just reach out and take that sweet. I've tried so hard to 
>just let Todd have his sweets but wow is it hard not having them 
>myself too. Life isn't easy when everything is built around food unfortunately.
>
>Lelia
>
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