This quote is from my current reading "The Faith Club". When I pulled this book from the library shelf I was drawn to it because of my curiosity. How would these three women develop a friendship when they came from such different places religiously/politically? In many areas it is difficult to seperate those two things. We use religion to justify our politics and we use our politics to support our religion.
This quote is the exact expression of what goes on in my head and my heart. I am continually surprised that almost any book I read (not counting many "just for fun" novels - although some of them can be surprising too), becomes a small part of my spiritual journey. I certainly didn't expect that from this book.
If you have read my blog for a while you know that one of the recurring subjects is my sadness at the state of violence in our city, community, nation and world. Here is a short, completely incomplete list of the peoples who have been violated because of religious/political hatred and sometimes war:
Native Americans Jews
Japan Vietnamese
Palestinians Armenians
Russians Tibetans
Mexicans
Please add to this list in the comment section. As I am writing this I feel I am making my own personal memorial to all those injured, killed, displaced. My heart is again so full of the pain of others that it is flowing down my cheeks. May I ask that you take a moment of silence to join your heart with mine to becoming more sensitive to these injustices.
2 comments:
Grief and pain are universal. I find myself focusing on the grief that is captured on the TV reports. The pictures portray the heart of all humanity, all peoples, all cultures, all religions. It has been so from all time. I experience some peace and comfort in the Word. When Christ has abolished all rule, authority and power...the last enemy being death and He delivers it all up to God. My peace comes from the fact that God will be ALL in ALL. The word...ALL...is my comfort! Rita B.
You can add Anabaptists and other Reformists to the list, mostly Germans I am speaking of.
It seems like most peoples have some sort of displacement or persecution in their family history. We have more in common than we often acknowledge.
Post a Comment