Hope for a Starfish: I once was blind but now I see.

Wednesday, February 2, 2011

I once was blind but now I see.

"Do you intend to use your beautiful voice to praise the Lord or change the world?" William Pitt.

William Wilberforce grew up in comfort and power, yet He was called for more. Wilberforce had a destiny to change the world. He managed to impact more lives than anyone will ever know. He used his place in the parliament to abolish the slave trade. The beautiful movie "Amazing Grace" is one of my favorite movies, filled with inspirational dialog and the energy of change. It is empowering to believe that maybe we can make a change. This movie opened my eyes to the idea of social justice being combined with God's love. The two are not seperable. Just like Wilberforce, I can not feel that we are called to sit idly. Instead God is a God of Justice

Psalm 50:6 Wilberforce is one of my heroes but also such an encouragement. We can provide change.

Amazing Grace Movie

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There is a story about a little child who was surrounded by starfish on a beach. He was throwing them one by one as an old man approached.After asking what he was doing the little boy replied saying that "If I dont throw them in, they'll die." The old man realized that the little boy could never save them all and pointed this out. The little boy in turn picked one up, threw it into the ocean and declared that he had made a difference for that one starfish. Current social justice issues are the same way, we can make a difference for at least one person, and maybe if we all work together that number will multiply. I am hopeful that we can help the starfish of this world: poverty, sex trafficking, drug wars and other injustices.