It's never enough.
It's easy to point a finger at our culture and call it apathetic. It is.
The not-too-distant trip to new orleans is in it's final stages of preparation. The group (that has now grown to ten) is pretty much set with flights booked and accomodation organised.
A few days ago, as we were pulling together that last details it occurred to me how much i've been looking forward to this trip. Especially since receiving an email to say that there's loads of extra help needed since the most recent hurricanes, gutting houses etc. I had no doubt there would be loads we could help out with but you like to hope that the team will be used to the best of it's ability. (with electritians, construction workers and general; get stuck into anything people, ability is something this team is not short of.) as i've gotten to know them a little more I can't help but be taken aback a little by their genuine want to just do whatever they can. They couldn't care less if nobody ever knew, so long as they were being of some good to somebody. It's a pretty big deal to do something like that here as work holidays are far fewer and far between than at home. The guys on the team (although they'd never say it) are actually sacrificing quite a lot to go. Not to mention the implications the current financial climate that's hitting new york like a steam train...
They are the kind of people that I'd love to be more like.
Something that I could say of a lot of people i've met recently.
But he problem is this: the more you try and see where you could help, the more you find need for help. And even when you're helping, it still breaks your heart a little that you can't help more.
When the need in the world is so overwhelming, you really can't blame the world for attempting apathy, it's a great form of self deffence. (I avoided the news for the past few years for that very reason.)
But then the world is missing out on so much that can overwhelm it for the good, the stuff that can only be found when you clear help clear away a little ugly.
“The world is a dangerous place, not because of those who do evil, but because of those who look on and do nothing” -Albert Einstein
Thursday, 16 October 2008
what if everyone was quiet?
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In Nehemiah 3 the rebuilding of the walls of Jerusalem began because the gracious hand of God was with them. Each group was given a section gate to rebuild. Each had a part to build. No one had to build the whole wall. No one built alone for they all build together.
Again, No one had to build the whole wall.
we God's people do his work. We build His kingdom. None of us build the kingdom alone, no one has to build the whole kingdom alone. Each to the part God has given him as God works each part into the whole.
May the hand of God go graciously upon you.
I'm not gilla by the way!
tis neets as ever
xx
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