I may know the words
I went on a date with Jesus yesterday evening. I know that sounds goofy, but some of my favorite times with God are driving in my car and listening to music. Yesterday, I drove down Peacock Lane(street filled with houses decorated for Christmas) and listened to this song. It was after I spent an hour crying watching the Oprah South Africa special. The Angel network received $7 million in donations for the South African region. My heart is breaking for God's children in Africa. I feel like I cannot contain it. I drank my Grande Coffee from Starbucks, drove down this street of beautiful lights, a sense of awe followed by remorse. I listened deeply to the graceful notes and haunting lyrics that filled the car.I may know the word
but not say it
I may know the truth
but not face it
I may hear a sound
a whisper sacred and profound
but turn my head
indifferent
I may know the word
but not say it
I may love the fruit
but not taste it
I may know the way
to comfort and to soothe
a worried face
but fold my hands
indifferent
If I'm on my knees
I'm begging now
if I'm on my knees
groping in the dark
I'd be praying for deliverance
from the night into the day
but it's all grey here
it's all grey here
Natalie Merchant
Is it all grey because we sin through our inaction, our apathy, our lack of compassion for humanity? I don't think I can be the kind of person that knows the words, knows the truth, knows the way to comfort and to soothe and fold my hands in indifference any longer. Our call to be God's children is much more greater than just to soak in our daddy's love...it is to be a beacon of hope, light, and grace to all of mankind. The oppressed, the wicked, and especially the widows and the orphans. Did you know that there is an estimated 11 million orphans in Africa? It is projected to be 20 million by the end of the decade.
We can continue to pray for deliverance of our souls, but the true measure of a man's faith is the ability to walk it out. It will continue to be grey until we learn how to love, forgive, and be the incarnational Christ to all of our brothers and sisters.
Did you know that we are all family? Why do we let our family die? Why do we let our family bleed, starve, suffer?
Jesus's birthday is today. He came to be that hope, the love that people so desperately need. He came to be Immanuel, God with us. He is with us. Yet all over the world, people do not feel that God is with them because people do not acknowledge them as worth anything more than cheap labor, child prostitutes, and helping sustain the wealthiest nations.
A young African boy on Oprah looked into the camera and through a thick accent said, "I, God's child, I somebody." He is right.
Someone please explain it to me why we continue to camp on the porch of indifference and do not make a move toward restoration for the hurting...
posted by Kat @ 1:00 AM
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