Life Expectancy

I was looking up some information regrading the country of "Chad" today.

Population 10,111,337 (July 2008 est.)
Estimated Population in 2050 33,261,731
Current Life Expectancy 48.86 male, 52.98 female.

48 years! It caused me to take a look into my own life. While fastly approachin 28, I have sometimes considered the thought "have I missed something? Is it too late?"

But to realise, with the life expectancy in Australia creeping into the 80's, there is far more time than I realise for me to achieve some of what I have set out to do.

The contrast is in contrast, scary and challenging. With their life expectancy barely double our own, what am I doin to help? Should I do anything at all? There are always people saying "we have enough poverty in our own country, we don't need to help anyone overseas!"

Provides and challenging conversation starter, do we help out those in need overseas? The bible says that the poor and needy we will always have with us, so with all the effort we put in, we will never fix the problem of poverty? So do we try?

Yes. The poverty we will always have with us, true, but making a difference in the life of just ONE, would value my own life to its highest potential...that I sacrifice and go without for the sake of another.

Whether it's in Australia or abroad a life is a life and we do whatever is profitable to impact that life for the glory of God.