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The Association for Consumer Research conducted experiments that resulted in this statement, “when financial resources are scarce people become socially myopic—more heavily discounting the lives of distant others relative to close others. As a result, donations to charity are concentrated on local as compared to global causes.”
Deuteronomy 15:11 says, “There will always be some in the land who are poor. That is why I am commanding you to share freely with the poor and with other Israelites in need.”
This pandemic has placed a spotlight on global financial and medical needs. The pandemic has also brought awareness to the depth of local needs. The local needs we can address are more than medical and financial, they are emotional and spiritual that can be treated with friendship and prayer.
Today’s Integrity Moment was adapted with permission from the writings of Stephanie Winslow.
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