God is in the Slums
October 23, 2009
“Whatever thoughts we have about god, who he is or where he sits, most will agree that God has a special place for the poor. The poor are where God lives. God is in the slums, in the cardboard boxes where the poor play house.God is where the opportunity is lost and lives are shattered. God is with the mother who has infected her child with a virus that take both their lives. God is under the rubble in the cries we hear during war time.
God, my friends, is with the poor and God is with us if we are with them. This is not a burden, this is an adventure. Don’t let anyone tell you it cannot be done. We can be the generation that ends extreme poverty.”
-Bono
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