In the life of every son of a righteous GOD there comes a time when he finally hears his Fathers dreams calling him across the years.
Almost frightened as he looks ahead into the darkness, with no shape or form, he stops and takes a moment to listen. He turns his ear to the distant past, to that familiar voice, soothing in its content. He knows this time is good and so he stops all that he is doing to hear carefully, and with intent of obeying what he hears. He considers thoughtfully, giving attention to lessons long forgotten in a world that rushes past them. He sees past any pain.
For some, this happens early in life. For others, only after they have tired of chasing dreams and misguided notions, forever elusive. It's at that moment when he begins to understand what his own past was meant for; when rage and frustration have run their course.
As he heeds this call of his Father across the years, only then can the future be viewed as it is meant to be seen, in all its brightness and truth.
When he drops, spent, to his knees, only then does the Father's dream become the son's.
He sees the ancient landmark set for his soul and asks, "Who am I to remove the stone?" And answers himself, "I am only a portion of that dream, to one day call across the years to my own son in hope, that he too may hear. And so, he smashes himself upon it to become a part of what it is.
posted by hugh lipsius at 12:22 PM 3 comments
Posted by thehughman1 on 2008-01-16 13:54:27 | Rating: n/a | Views: 62
A1). As a person...you do as chicken little with your skinny little legs that couldn't seem to hold up anything...you do what you can...nothing less...and you keep on doing it. And never let anyone convince you that your efforts mean nothing!!!
A2). You cannot rally anyone to your cause. You can only be an example long enough that hopefully, what you are doing, what you stand for, catches on.
Every battle, every war, every cause, every truth begins with one, and then another, and then more, until hopefully one day, all those who believe are no longer afraid because they finally realize that they do not have to be...or are no longer...acting alone.
But to rally anyone to fight back begins first with you.
Some African Americans fought back. They resisted. And they resisted long enough and hard enough until someone in power woke up to their cause.
The Jews had their resistance...and people like Anne Frank who recorded the struggles for posterity's sake.
If it's in you to resist, then resist...and worry nothing about the outcome. If it's not in you to resist...then don't...their will certainly be those who will and will have done what their free will taught them without waiting for others to give them the courage to do so.
The final answer to your questions depends more on what your genuine convictions are...what they tell you to do...than it has to do with what anybody else says...or is doing!!!
