“...and when the
world tells you to lower your head and submit in silence to how things are and
always will be, lift your voice instead and sing bravely of how things can and
should and will be, because that song is why you are here.”
― L.R. Knost
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Sometimes it
seems as if
“its just the way
it is”
We watched
stunned
As lies are
accepted as truth
As alternate
realities are believed and embraced
As hate
flourishes
As people work
against their own best interests
We watch the rule
of law bent and broken by those who tout
The rule of law
We read people
words, dragged into the light from
Parler and other
dark places
About violence
and disruption
About “the storm”
We stand, almost
in awe
Our mouths open
But silent
And in the
silence it feels as if our souls are leaving our bodies
We feel empty and
helpless
We have done what
we can
We have spoken
the truth
And
It is what it is
Nothing changes
Children are
still in cages
Children still
die
The poor are
still shame
The rich still
wallow in affluence and privilege
The literalist
legalists still violate the Bible
Fascism still
flourishes
People still do
not wear masks and people still die
It is what it is
And yet
We remember the
prophets
We remember John
the Baptist
And Jesus
And Paul
And Dietrich
Bonhoeffer
And Martin Luther
King Jr
And Desmond Tutu
And Nelson
Mandela
And Dag
Hammarskjold
A we hear the
words of the palmist echo in our hearts
Sing to the Lord
a new song (Psalm 96)
And we remember
the proclamation of God through Isaiah
“Behold I am
doing a New Thing, can you not see it?”
And sometimes we
say “no”
I can’t see it
And sometimes the
song gets stuck in our throat
But still we are
called
Called
Called
To lift up our
hearts
And life up our
heads
And sing justice
Sing forgiveness
Sing acceptance
Sing Hope
Sing Peace
Sing Truth
Sing love
We are to “lift [our]
voice instead and sing bravely of how things can and should and will be,
because that song is why [we] are here.”
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