Tuesday, November 18, 2014

HUMAN HURT

Snippet
It all began with an honest look and a helping hand.  Could this be God’s 
strategy for human hurt? First, kind eyes meet desperate ones.  Next, strong 
hands help weak ones. Then, the miracle of God.  We do our small part, 
he does the big part, and life at the Beautiful Gate begins to be just that.  
Max Lucado Out Live your life 2010 Thomas nelson Pub pg 71
Scripture
If anyone has material possessions and sees a brother or sister in need 
but has no pity on them, how can the love of God be in that person?  
Dear children, let us not love with words or speech but with actions and 
in truth.   This is how we know that we belong to the truth and how we 
set our hearts at rest in his presence 1 John 3:17-19 NIV
Song
Do Something Matthew West
I woke up this morning
Saw a world full of trouble now
Thought, how’d we ever get so far down
How’s it ever gonna turn around
So I turned my eyes to Heaven
I thought, “God, why don’t You do something?”
Well, I just couldn’t bear the thought of
People living in poverty
Children sold into slavery
The thought disgusted me
So, I shook my fist at Heaven
Said, “God, why don’t You do something?”
He said, “I did, I created you”

If not us, then who
If not me and you
Right now, it’s time for us to do something
If not now, then when
Will we see an end
To all this pain
It’s not enough to do nothing
It’s time for us to do something

I’m so tired of talking
About how we are God’s hands and feet
But it’s easier to say than to be
Live like angels of apathy who tell ourselves
It’s alright, “somebody else will do something”
Well, I don’t know about you
But I’m sick and tired of life with no desire
I don’t want a flame, I want a fire
I wanna be the one who stands up and says,
“I’m gonna do something”

If not us, then who
If not me and you
Right now, it’s time for us to do something
If not now, then when
Will we see an end
To all this pain
It’s not enough to do nothing
It’s time for us to do something

We are the salt of the earth
We are a city on a hill (shine shine, shine shine)
But we’re never gonna change the world
By standing still
No we won’t stand still
No we won’t stand still
No we won’t stand still

If not us, then who
If not me and you
Right now, it’s time for us to do something
If not now, then when
Will we see an end
To all this pain
It’s not enough to do nothing
It’s time for us to do something [x3]

Sentence Prayer
Lord, We know the importance of doing for others.  Teach us the 
importance of being for others, that we might take time to fast 
and prayer and dwell with you in order to see more clearly how 
you light illuminates the faces of those we struggle 
alongside for justice.  Amen.   

Common Prayer a  Liturgy for ordinary radicals pg 434

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