Crisis in D.R. of Congo

The people of the Congo have been devastated by civil war on and off for over a decade. Unfortunately, it seems that things have taken a particular turn for the worse recently.

There are, amazingly, still people/NGO's working in the area. I'll attach the video below (which pretty much speaks for itself). I'd encourage you to pray for the people living and working in D.R.C., and prayerfully consider helping an organization that's trying to help the people there right now.

(In case it doesn't work above, the link for the video is: http://community.wr.org/Page.aspx?pid=1292)

You can also find more information a variety of places (e.g. Randy Alcorn's blog: http://randyalcorn.blogspot.com/2008/11/crisis-in-congo-appeal-from-world.html#links)

Meanwhile, the UN Human Rights Council was busy unveiling the nice new ceiling decor for their meeting room in Geneva. The price tag was a mere $23 Million. Get a collection of politicians from around the world together and you get, well, this:

(http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,454191,00.html.)

But hey, what's a paltry $23M for a nice-looking ceiling, when you're spreading around the graft from the entire planet? We wouldn't want these folks to have to meet beneath, well, a plain ceiling, when they're supposed to be inspired to help people in places like, you know, the Congo, now, would we...?

Reminds me of something a guy named Jeremiah said a couple and a half millennia ago:

“They have grown fat and sleek... they judge not with justice the cause of the fatherless, to make it prosper, and they do not defend the rights of the needy.” (Jeremiah 5:28, ESV, http://www.gnpcb.org/esv/search/?q=Jeremiah+5)

Or Ezekial, about the same time:

“Should not shepherds feed the sheep? You eat the fat, you clothe yourselves with the wool, you slaughter the fat ones, but you do not feed the sheep. The weak you have not strengthened, the sick you have not healed, the injured you have not bound up, the strayed you have not brought back, the lost you have not sought, and with force and harshness you have ruled them. So they were scattered, because there was no shepherd, and they became food for all the wild beasts. My sheep were scattered; they wandered over all the mountains and on every high hill. My sheep were scattered over all the face of the earth, with none to search or seek for them.” (Ezekial 34: 2-6, ESV, http://www.gnpcb.org/esv/search/?q=Ezekiel+34)