There Is No Sin In Being Rich

Submitted By 1kellya
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"There is no sin in being rich. There is no sin in being poor. But there is a sin in having more that you need and not sharing with those who have less than they need…
-What Peter meant by this quote if people have a lot of money they should share it with the people who don't. If the people are selfish and don't share then they are sinner because Jesus gave up his life for us, and he wants us to give up some of what we have to others who need it more than we do. This applies to my own life because everyday there are people who become poor, or don't know where their next meal is coming from and they don't have to money to buy food o clothes, and people everyday pass them like nothing and don't even think twice about what they are going through.

It reminds me of the biblical scene where _____ washes the peoples feet even though his were dirty also. Peters gift to the old man was "foolish" because Peter was poor too and because he gave his own shoes up, now he doesn't have shoes of his own. The service that is impotent in DD life is to help people no matter who you are, DD was poor and brought in all these homeless people and housed and fed them.
One mistake was when she yelled at ________ and she killed herself.. and another was when she told the two girls that they had no more room for the night… she learned from the mistakes and failings because she allowed everyone in and even got a larger area so she could fit more people to take care of, even if her own daughter