Panic, Or Pandemonium

Recent reports indicate that as many as 36% of community college students are food deprived.* In times like these, our country could easily transition from food deprived to 'food denied'. May God forbid. By now, history should have taught us that if not properly handled, we are one panic away from disastrous pandemonium. In Biblical time, there was a food bank, and distribution of food was being made. It appears that this practice may have been a new form of assisting people in need. By today's standards, this was a small Christian endeavor endorsed and promoted by the local church in Jerusalem. This new enterprise took place after Jesus' ascension and some time after the festival of Pentecost; perhaps that same year. Things were off to a good start as converts gave of their means to aid each other and the new converts which were growing daily. And then it happened. The Jewish leaders of the food distribution ministry were accused of being partial and discriminating against the Greeks. This was surely a cause for panic, but this problem was immediately resolved at the highest level. There was panic, but not a riot. There was resolution without government interference or politics. Harmony and tranquility were reestablished with minimal disturbance. Right and righteous leadership was appointed without distracting or causing the greater purpose to be compromised. Immediate and wise response, not reaction, allowed the panic but disallowed a pandemonium. The times and seasons may differ, but people are the same; and wise and proper principles work on any and every continent. 072921PSCtest, Panic At The Food Bank, Kai Michael Neumann *Abigail Johnson "AJ" Hess @AbigailJHess