Tuesday, July 17, 2007

keep thinking ... talking ... praying.

So, we've started to think about what really makes us angry. Not "someone cut me off in traffic" angry. Not "someone just took my parking spot" angry. Not "I can't find my wallet" angry.

More like "AIDS continues to exist in Africa and it is completely possibly to solve this" angry. Or perhaps, "around the world, children are being forced into slavery, prositution and combat rather than having a childhood" angry.

It's ok to get angry. In fact. we need to get angry. Jesus' anger lead to acts of healing and restoration. His anger increases the peace of the world. It makes things better. This is what we're after. This is the sort of anger that is worth our time and energy. This is what will change our world.

Continue to think and pray about what it is that really angers you. What are you most passionate about? What is it that should not exist in our world (other than disco music)? Why does it exist? What should/could be done about? What might your role be in all this?

We were made to give ourselves to a cause bigger than ourselves - a cause that increases the peace in the world ... a cause, a purpose, a task that makes the world a better place.

May you be aware of your anger. May you learn to channel it, to focus it, direct it into something beautiful. And may it fuel sacred acts of healing and restoration.

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