Nuff said.
At around 4-something in the AM, following my amazing "performance", we headed over to McDonald's "cuz a brotha gotta eat"! As I was standing in line to order, what would be two sausage-egg mcmuffins and a hash brown (it was early in the morning), a girl and I struck up a conversation. I found out some really interesting stuff about her.
Her name is Gene. She has two more years left in High School. She appeared to have been drinking that night (she seemed kind of "out of it"...wasted maybe?). She attends a boarding school in Hong Kong. Her parents live in Hong Kong. Dad is a University Professor. I think Mom is an attorney. She was sent away before to attend boarding school. She likes living at school. She doesn't really like living at home. She was going to stay in McDonald's until morning when she would go to the Rugby 7s tournament. etc....
Did I mention that she still had two years left of High School!
I was able to ask Gene some pretty challenging questions about her feelings on being sent away to school and some stuff about her feelings towards her parents. She seemed sad. She seemed broken.
Coming to you as a member of Gene's generation, as someone who has seen the broken and has been broken, I am calling all men and women of God to be Men and Women of God. Stop pursuing the material, stop pursuing fame, stop pursuing wealth, stop pursuing fashion, stop pursuing a self made god. Start loving, unconditionally! Start modelling forgiveness. Start practicing discretion. Start living a life of Grace and Mercy. Stop being unapproachable. Give your life for others!
Why don't we live like this as a lifestyle?
We are a selfish people! We create "God". We decide what is important to Him and what really doesn't matter...based on our lifestyle, what we deem as wrong, and fueled by our pursuit of power. We are clear in our accusations but mute in our mercy. There is a hurting world that needs the REAL God. Not the man-made, "We'll believe this and that...but not that!", or the "Homos are going to Hell....but living together and getting it on is OK, if it's between a 'man' and a 'woman'" god we've been shoving down their throats. There are real people with real hurts! This isn't make believe. This isn't Hollywood fiction! Stop driving by with condemnation and stop the freak'n car! Get out! And show someone LOVE!!!!!!!
There is a girl out there that you can mother! There are millions of boys (not just in age!) that are in desperate need of fathers. I don't care if you are only a 20 year old reading this. You can be the arms of a mother or father for someone! Someone sitting alone all night in a McDonald's. Someone who feels better living away from "home". Someone who is lonely. Someone who was eating pancakes. Someone named Gene. Someone named Brandon. Someone named Cindi. Someone named JESUS
..the broken are allowed to break in order to mend the wounds of the broken to come! Strike up a conversation one night in a 24 hour McDonald's, after a night of dancing, and you might just see...the face of God.
The Lonely Generation
1 comment:
B,
I am going to email you about this post, but I have to tell you how insightful you are. This entry so perfectly describes the way in which I have been thinking lately.
S.
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