Our Fridge Says It All

My grandmother is in desperate need of a new refrigerator. Every time we visit her in El Salvador, we notice that the food only lasts two days in there and the coolness of the fridge is not very cold at all. On one of our trips to the stores, we showed her some new refrigerators and asked her which one she would like. She pointed at all the small ones and laughed when we showed her a two door fridge and said, "that is for a restaurant or a business, not a house!" I'm sure my grandmother would be surprised if she saw what some Americans call "refrigerators". They are enormous and they fit so much inside. I struggle to make our fridge look full, but I've notice other people with big refrigerators can't seem to find enough space in theirs. It makes me wonder....do they really eat all that food? As I was thinking about this a commercial rolled through my TV screen for Kenmore refrigerators. It showed how big and efficient the fridge is in fitting everything a human can possibly think of. It made me kind of sad, to tell you the truth, b ecause I started wondering how many people actually eat all the food they purchase. How much of that food goes in the trash? How much of that food is a luxury instead of a necessity? Eating is good, I'm not saying it isn't, but taking more than we need leaves other people with less than what they need to survive. How many Americans have over sized refrigerators leading them into obesity while my grandmother struggles with her old fridge and barely manages to feed her family? If you need all the space, then go ahead and take it, but be mindful that the earth has limited resources and we were called to share with one another. The richer on man gets, the poorer another will be.