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Footprints in the Wind^sm # 1188

I’m turning red! I’m turning orange!
Fire now I have, the brightness of my life
Is now revealed, and in the wind
I will dance! Dance with me!
Shouted the leaf, and the whole tree
Came alive with color!
Soon enough we will fall away, rot away,
Become fertilizer and elements for
The whole earth, and for now:
We dance! We share our true colors!
That all the world might be happy
And sad at once, and know wisdom:
So with leaves, so with elders

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God is gathering
Togethering
Inviting us all
To participate in
Sweeping cobwebs
Clearing windows
Pulling weeds
Hammering loose boards
Repairing broken glasses
Cooking
Feeding the hungry among us
Healing our infirm
Caring for and listening to our elders
Wholing
All within reach

:- Doug.

To be whole, everyone must have enough. For me to be whole, you must have enough as I must. If anyone is cut off, all are.

:- Doug.

There are brothers and sisters of all of us who are without enough to eat, without enough shelter from the elements, without medical care: because we withhold it from them. You are the man. You are the woman. You are your sister’s and your brother’s keeper. This is the day when you are called to your conscience: What have you done? What are you doing? Are your actions condemning even one of the least among us to suffer want?

:- Doug.

We must participate in the divine great cleanup of the world, cleaning up violence with peaceful measures. It is still a clean-up: we must speak truth to power, we must stand up for what is right for the widows, orphans and poor, we must stand up for enough for all.

The power right now seems to be being wielded by the Tea Party people—this holding the country hostage is in fact violence. They say “We will rip this food and medical care out of the hands of the infirm and least among us.” So it is up to us to speak truth to their power and violence. Speaking truth to violence.

Speaking truth to violence: you shall not storm the gates of heaven, of justice, of righteousness. You cannot take these by force. You must become lambs and children.

:- Doug.

Story is not restricted to history
A story can challenge
And so be true

:- Doug.