By: Gary A. Haugen
But at Kibuye, as at ever massacre site in Rwanda, a painful glimpse of the truth always came through. This was not an undifferentiated mass of lifeless clods on the inevitable dust heap of a fallen world. In truth each body, now dull and limp in the mud, was actually a unique bearer of the very image of God, a unique creation of the divine maker, individually knit within a mother's womb by the Lord of the universe. For as difficult as it was to imagine, each crumpled mortal frame had indeed come from a mother, one single mother who somewhere in time had wept tears of joy and aspiration over her precious child-a child endowed with the mysterious spark of Adam and an immortal soul. We would never number all the mother's children in these mass graves, but their father in heaven had numbered even the very hairs of their heads.
taken from pages 28-29
The reason I chose these lines is because I believe it is time for people to wake up! It is time to wake up and start seeing people as God sees them. It is time to wake up and stop acting like we only owe God 10% of our income. It is time we wake up and stop thinking that this world is all about us..."all about me!" It is time that we fight for those who have no more strength to do so. It is time we seek justice, peace and love! It is time we stop acting like it is a big deal to give to starving children around the world when we spend $4 on a single drink at Starbuck's. We don't owe God 10%, we owe Him everything! The same God who loves you like crazy loves those around the world just as much! He is asking for you to act! Seek Justice! Give Peace! Be Love!
Here are a few organizations that you should look into...I am not going to spoon-feed the info, if you are serious about making a difference you can check them out.
International Justice Mission (ijm.org)- The author of the above quoted book is the founder
ONE Campaign (hey, it is endorsed by Bono, it must be cool)
Acting on Aids
Justice, Peace, Love
1 comment:
Amen!
Thanks for the wake up call. I have some sleep to clear from my eyes.
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