Day 2
Just over 1 million Canadians shop at Wal-Mart every day. Distracted by infinite choices in low cost luxuries like fashion, DVD's, cosmetics, countless electronic toys and plastic gadgets - we go through these items so quickly that our second hand stores have become burgeoning industries and our landfills are overflowing. Many have proclaimed such wastefulness as sin, and we are indeed guilty of it. Beneath every rationalized purchase is a justification that we can afford it and it is somehow beneficial to our lives. The reality is that we enjoy very inexpensive food, and can therefore afford to spend our hard earned cash however we please. In comparison many less wealthy countries are feeling the strain of rising food prices, paying 80% of their monthly incomes for food. What is the true cost of low food prices and who pays?
Small change? Calculate 1% of your monthly income. Discuss with others how you could allocate this amount to promote food justice and end hunger.
Prayer: God, who speaks through the poor, grant us the knowledge that we have enough, and the courage to seek You first. Matthew 6:19-24
We in Canada take advantage of some of the lowest grocery bills in the world, spending only 10.2% of our monthly income on food and drink.
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