The issue abject poverty confronting the people of the poorest nations seems getting out of hands and our so-called world leaders seem holding their jaws. How can we explain the nations that produce cotton whose people can not get clothe to wear?

I think the capitalistic nature of the developed world policies is speedly aggravating the problem of poverty in the 3rd world. The reason is because many of these developed nations were only interested in tapping resources of the 3rd world for their own benefit under the pretext that they are helping to solve the problem of poverty.

* For economic or whatever reason, America spent billions of US dollars in an unjustifiable war in Iraq and consequently inflicted more poverty on the people of Iraq.

* We spend billions on space exploration whereas we spend nothing to make poorest people happy even once in their life time.

* They grow coffee in Chile not for their own consumption but for these selfish and greedy westerners who paid token for the services of these coffee farmers and in return make millions profit.

* They grow cotton in Burkina Faso but can they boast of good clothe? No; because they have got nothing to buy them!

* They have oil in Venezuela, Nigeria etc and yet people are queuing at the fuel stations whereas oil is more than enough where they naturally had none (they said it's their freedom and it has to be acquired by all means).

* We spend billions to make war implements but we failed to make a single peace...

* HIV, AIDS and other slight sickness are killing people from the poorest nations and we seem unconcerned (we've got the right medication) but we refused to give them out because we want to make a 'giant stride' profit.

As said above, can we in anyway justify our actions against our fellow human being just because we seem more powerful either militarily or economically? The problem of poverty today seems more prolonging and elongating because our so-called world leaders are not interested in building bridges that will link them with the poorest people of the world but instead they built wall purposely to segregate them from the poorest. Can they be forgiven? I guess no!

My prayer...

O God, pour out on us the water of life
that we may quench our thirst
and draw our strength from you.
Help us to stand alongside those
who struggle daily for clean water
so that all may be
refreshed and renewed by your love.
Amen.

Deliver us, O God,
from the pointless actions of evildoers.
Protect us from those who are violent,
and careless of who they hurt.
Redeem us from our anger,
comfort us in our loss,
and fill us with your peace.

For, I know that God maintains the cause of the needy,
and hears those who call out,
requires that we strengthen the weak,
and that we feed the hungry,
both now and always.
Amen