America was founded on the hope of creating the plan for “life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.” Many of my fellow Americans have more often replaced that dream with “life, liberty and the pursuit of money.”
Is there another way to interact on planet earth? I believe there is.
Wealthy people often misunderstand that they have been blessed with large sums of money so that they can be the answer for those who have not been blessed in this way. If we take our blessings and gobble up the profits, we have lost sight of what Jesus taught when he said “what you do for the least of my brothers and sisters, you do unto me.” The reverse of that is sobering. “What you choose not to do for the least of my brothers and sisters, you choose to withhold from me.” Read Matthew chapter 25. Today’s believer is more apt to believe, “God helps those who help themselves,” a quote that is not found anywhere in scripture or even implied.
To restore our faith in America we m
ust gather and unite as a powerful group of humanitarians who will not tolerate poverty and inequality for anyone. We can no longer continue to be a self-satisfying or self-focused people living a lifestyle that creates the mounting problems of poverty that require endless social programs. We must reach for the next level up from “free enterprise” to create a lifestyle based upon interdependence and cooperation. If we capitalists suppose ourselves to be successful while our “neighbors” in other neighborhoods or other countries go without, we have a goal that is far different than our Lord’s, the One we Americans say we trust.
We need higher goals that include the well-being of every human on earth. We need to better clarify the original concept of “life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness” by adding to words: “life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness FOR ALL”.
Teresa Foster
Founder of 3DHealth.Net
