TOTD, May 23

Jesus Becomes Poor for Us

The 10-year-old child star of Slumdog Millionaire was awakened Thursday by a policeman wielding a bamboo stick and ordered out of his home. Minutes later it was bulldozed along with dozens of other shanties in the Mumbai slum he calls home."I was frightened," said Azharuddin Mohammed Ismail, who lost his pet kittens in the chaos. "Where is my chicken?" he asked forlornly, picking through the shamble of broken wood and twisted metal sheeting in search of the family hen. Eight Oscars and $US326 million in box office receipts have done little so far to improve the lives of the two impoverished child stars plucked from obscurity to star in the blockbuster. They have been showered with gifts and brief bursts of fame, but their day-to-day lives in the Garib Nagar slum - the "city of the poor" - are little changed.(source:www.theage.com.au)

Even though Azharuddin Mohammed Ismail has become star, he can’t avoid the fact that eventually his home was bulldozed. I felt sad as I read this, how popularity doesn’t help much in his case. He must face the reality and it’s not a pleasant one. Slumdog Millionare itself has won 8 Oscars and become box office, but again the picture of the poverty in India that it captured doesn’t change much.
As we need to face the poverty in each part of this world, we need to remember that Jesus Himself was so rich. But for our sake, He became poor so that through his poverty we might become rich. We need to treasure His sacrifice for us. Thank You, Lord! (-fon-)

For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that though he was rich, yet for your sakes he became poor, so that you through his poverty might become rich.
--- 2 Corinthians 8:9