True Relgion

True relgion is not about the name on the building or the acts that are done inside that building. These may be important however too many of us get caught up in the acts and lose the heart. James 1:27 says, "Relgion that God our Father accepts as pure and faultless is this: to look after orphans and widows in their distress and to keep oneself from being polluted by the world."

U2's Bono recently made a speech in which he made the following coments:
True Relgion will not let us fall asleep in the comfort of our freedom. Love thy neighbor is not a piece of advice it is a command. That means a lot. It means in the global village we're going to have to start loving a lot more people. His truth is marching on!
Where you live should not decide whether you live or whether you die! To those in the church who sit in judgement about the AIDS emergency let me take your pulpit for just a moment. Whatever thoughts we have about God, who He is, or if He even exisist, 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 CARDBORAD BOX WHERE THE POOR PLAY HOUSE. GOD IS WHERE THE OPPORITUNITY IS LOST AND LIVES ARE SHATTERED. GOD IS WITH THE MOTHER WHO HAS INFECTED HER CHILD WITH A VIRUS THAT WILL TAKE BOTH THEIR LIVES. GOD IS UNDER THE RUBBEL 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 can't be done. We can be the generation that ends extreme poverty!