so it's not just because i...preached, taught, spoke...on anger yesterday but it's also this looming fear that i have.
is wellspring all talk?
i've been thinking about school starting soon and the fact that everyone will be busy as bees once again, and i'm worried.
what will happen to our day laborers? what will happen to the fire we all had in our bellies??? now, i know that everyone has been out of town, out of the country, or just plain out of it (i blame those crazy drugs they gave me for my silly wisdom teeth) but c'mon guys-let's get it together.
karen mentioned during church this week that we should put a face on the injustice that angers us and then focus on that. (at least i think that's what she said, only not quite as eloquently of course) so where did our focus go? i'm not talking about intense emotion or anything-i think that love is more of an action than a feeling, but it was as if we had finally found our place...somewhere to help the world. make things right, or at least try to.
perhaps i'm just venting about fears that aren't even there, but maybe i'm right. i told ken today that i think we need a revival. he laughed at me. just know that i'm thinking about all of you along with everyone else that hasn't joined our blog yet and i hope that all of you are just as passionate as we once were.
i think this is something we really have to commit to. we pick a day to be at MSC, we show up for a couple of hours and we serve. easy as that...right? we're all going to get busy but i think if we really want to make a difference we have to first start by making a difference in our own lives and in our own daily schedules...mine included.
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I can feel the passion behind your post & I'm grateful for your concern . . . but I've delayed in responding because I really don't know what to say (which some would suggest is a good reason not to say anything but that's never stopped me before!). Perhaps one way of looking at this next phase is that it can be a time of evaluation and realignment. Maybe some adjustments to the original plan are in order, ways to include those like me who can't make it there at that hour but want to be supportive? Maybe we could look at doing something on Sunday afternoon that makes whatever we do for the laborers easier for the hands-on person? Maybe ... ? Activism always has its ebb and flow. How we handle it will show a lot about us . . .
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