Nehemiah 1-2
We are moved with the dignity of
the Godly man Nehemiah who hears of his beloved homeland in ruins and weeps in despair. His sorrow does not paralyze him, but
animates him to action. Can we not
see and hear the same today? Our
brothers and sisters lie in ruins across the earth, crumbling under hunger and
wars. Fear and persecution destroy
their peace and inflict them with brokenness. Sickness, nakedness and poverty afflict them while we lounge
in the palace of the king, America, sipping the wine of unbelievable affluence. “Lord, when did we see you hungry or
thirsty or a stranger or needing clothes or sick or in prison, and did not help
you?” Matthew 25:44 Ahhh….the
taste of my own paralyzing affluent wine.
God hear the prayers of our truer
selves. Let us be our brother’s
keeper. Let us be Your keeper.
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| Caravaggio's, "Dionysius", Greek god of wine |
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