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OUR DAILY BREAD                              Tuesday, August 2, 1994
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READ:  2 Corinthians 8:1-7

                           "PEOPLE WHO CARE"

             Lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven,
              where neither moth nor rust destroys.

                           Matthew 6:20

Fritz Kreisler (1875-1962) of Austria was one of the greatest violinists 
of all time.  He thrilled audiences around the world with his skillful 
playing. Although he could have commanded the highest fees, he refused 
to do so and never became rich.

Kreisler once said, "I never look upon the money I earn as my own.  It 
is public money.  It is only a fund entrusted to my care for proper
disbursement."  Speaking for his wife as well as himself, he said, "I 
feel morally guilty if I order a costly meal, for it deprives someone 
else of a slice of bread -- some child perhaps of a bottle of milk.... 
In all these years of my so-called success in music, we have not built a 
home for ourselves.  Between it and us stand all the homeless in the 
world!"

What a challenge to disciples of a Master who voluntarily left the ivory
palaces of glory, and who had no place He could call His home here on 
earth (Matt. 8:20).  Are we as concerned as Fritz Kreisler was about 
people who are hungry and homeless?  Do we really care about people who 
need the Bread of Life -- those who will have no eternal home unless 
they hear and believe the gospel?

We ought to be thankful for all that God has given to us.  Let's be 
people who care.

       - VCG

  Help us, Lord, while we are living
    To be faithful, kind, and true;
    Jesus, bless our humble giving
     So that others may find You.

                       - Murray


THOUGHT FOR THE DAY
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People who care are people who share.

The Bible in One Year:  Zephaniah 1-3

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