Zian Serranilla
Senior D
September 30, 2010
The Rich Man and Lazarus
Our world can be likened to a buffet. It offers various dishes or material things in an earthly sense. The catch here is how we deal with these worldly occupations and how we take these things into our life. Living from day to day is truly a challenge--- a challenge to veer away from evil and a challenge to do a good deed. Humans, as we say, are imperfect and faulty, but there are certain conditions where our minds are conscious; hence, is capable of doing the right deed. One proponent that degrades our humanity and morality is the effect of the material possessions encompassing not just our world, but also our being. We tend to cling onto these things and turn our backs from reality.
Our technologically changing global society is definitely not the world God wanted. Far more than anything else, we are born as Christians, not as a superstar, politician, businessman, doctor, lawyer, CEO or any other high-ranking official. And as Christians, we are called to live up to our values at heart. The parable was written centuries ago, depicting early living. But as you can see, the treatment of the rich towards the poor is still of existence until today. This relates to an infamous social issue, which is the prevalent widening gap between the rich and the poor.
The world may seem to have fast pace changes; nevertheless it is never too late to change. We have a common denominator that is God. Never should we forget that we are put into this world to love our neighbors. We should help each other grow spiritually, not drag each other down. The change we want to see is not solely on the hands of the rich, but also on the hands of the less fortunate. Both should compromise and set aside their differences.
As the world changes its phase, so do we change for the better.
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