I have a problem, my heart hurts... It doesn't hurt because of my own needs, but the needs of someone else. It hurts because my people have abandoned their morals for money. It hurts because I hear my Christian brothers and sisters talk about how we should just get all the illegals and ship back over the border. It hurts because what they say about these people they know nothing about is so wrong... We have become scared children afraid of anyone who is not like us. We search the darkness to find something to grasp and hold onto for fear we will fall into the eternal abyss. We talk about numbers and figures about jobs and schools, but what we are really saying is that we have a problem and don't know how to solve it.
We have lied to ourselves about the whole issue. I say instead of condemning these people, help them. I say instead of shunning them, accept them. I say instead of passing them with your head held high not speaking, stop and build a relationship with them. For just as we were lost sinners condemned with no rights of our own God came and built a relationship with us even when we could not understand Him. He spoke to us not in His own language, but in ours that we might understand.
I will simply put it this way.... Do unto others as you would have them do unto you..... Luke 6:31
So as you begin your day think about those people around you. I challenge you to take a moment to spend some time with them. Build a relationship. You might be surprised at what you discover not just about them, but about yourself....
With Love,
Alex
When I read this, the song motion of mercy by francesca battistelli came to mind. We need to give ourselves to the people who are lost and love them until it hurts. We need to show them the mercy and grace that Jesus Christ showed us when he came to earth to die for US.
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