Christian Reflection and Prayer

In the days following the ugliest election in my
life (I was born in 1945), I have seen few if any
commentaries on how this election impacted the
children of America.  Our kids hear our fears and
anxieties, as well as what they hear on TV or radio,
but they are not able to deal with and process those
fears as are adults.

     What is our Christian responsibility to help our
children to deal with and overcome the fear and anger they
feel when they hear the president-elect denigrate
minority groups and promote violence against
those who disagree?  This is truly a teachable
moment in every house of worship, and not just
for adults.  Our kids are suffering and we cannot
let the words of narcissistic bigot go unchallenged.
I urge us not to forget the children

 

(from sojourners Bill Turney, Houston Texas)-

I see you but you don't see me
I am made invisible by you special powers
Not mine, I have no power
Your shiny car passes me
It does not have a speck of dirt
But I am filthy
Only me sweat shines at the bus stop
As it today in the fields
I smell like dirt
I know you are not hungry
Because I see you in your red car
Driving to a fancy resturant
You do not I am hungry
Because you cannot see me
I had no lunch today
My belly hurts
But you cannot hear my emptiness
You only hear the music in you car
I see you but you do not see me
Perhaps all of me was left
In the woods where I slept last night
Or maybe the mosquitoes sucked my life away
One by on as they found me on the ground
Because I had not blanket to cover me
So I itch.  They saw though you did not.
I dream of home.  My mother and my sisters
Hungry, waiting for the money I will send them for food.
"America..... you will make lots of money
Our stomachs will be full
And you sister will have shoes
I hope my boss will pay me this week
I look at my boots
These boots took me 15 days in the desert
Now they will bring through the fields
And I wonder......
Is it the car that makes me invisible
Because I see you but
You do not see me
(Patricia Byrne)

 

REMEMBER "SANCTUARY" MEANS "PLACE
OF REFUGE," AND THAT HAS PROVEN
TRUE FOR MANY OF THE INDIVIDUALS
WHO HAVE BECOME PART OF OUR
COUNTRY

Verse

 

All scripture is inspired by God and is useful for
teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for
training in righteousness, so that everyone who
belongs to God may be proficient, equipped for
every good work.
2 Timothy 3:16-17

 

Voice

 

Be not simply good; be good for something.
Henry David Thoreau

 

Prayer

 

Lord, let our eyes be open to your word, that it
would lead us to work and actions that move
us closer to your kingdom on earth.

(Sojourners,   sojo.net)