simple revolution.

Today I was in church, and I really was paying attention but all of a sudden God distracted me with this completely off-topic conviction. He asked me what I was doing about all His children who are hurting, specifically the poor and the widows and the orphans. He asked me how I was allowing Him to love them through me.

I pretty quickly answered, well, someday I'm going to be a doctor and then I'll live in their communities and treat them when they're sick and play with them when they're well and we'll all be a family and it'll be very beautiful... and God said yes, that's very nice, but that's a long time from now and you have no idea what I might do in between. I mean what are you doing in this stage of your life, right now?

So I thought about it, and I answered, well, next semester when I'm less busy with classes and work I'll be involved at the Rescue Mission again, and spend time at the women and children's shelter building relationships, and we'll all be a family and it'll be very beautiful... and God said yes, yes, very nice, but what about right now?

So I thought some more, and I answered, well, over Thanksgiving break I might have time to go hang out at the open door and eat at the soup kitchen and share meals with the homeless and build relationships and we won't have a lot of time to be a family but it'll be something at least and it'll be very beautiful still... and God said no, you still don't understand, I mean right now. I mean today.

And I still don't know what to answer.


k. rose