A 'Rising Up'

While the world is in the midst of violent, murderous uprisings, there is a quiet, but steady, ‘rising up’.  While people strike out hatefully against one another, driven by fear, desire for power, greed, mistrust and misunderstanding, there is a peaceful ‘rising up’ happening in every part of the world.

While Satan revels in the evil so prevalent, God quietly calls and lifts up those people who, like Isaiah of old,  respond with, “Here I am, Lord.  Send me.” (Isaiah 6:8) These people carry the flame of God’s light into the darkest corners of the world, sharing love and hope.

There is a ‘rising up’ of a people with a spiritual appetite,  people with  an innate sense of justice, people who, like Isaiah, are not afraid to step forward and speak God’s truth.

I am in awe as I watch and become more and more aware of these people as we find and unite with one another.  “We are one in the Spirit, we are one in the Lord.”.  I am in awe as we come together across mountains, rivers, oceans, continents; of how language, customs, religions form no barriers.  God calls us all and we all respond with “Here I am, Lord.  Send me.”

We have no weapons but the ones God gives us.   We carry nothing but God’s light of love and truth.  It is more than enough to dispel the darkness evil needs to thrive.

Our numbers are growing in every country in the world as well as in our own families and communities.  We are ‘rising up’, making ourselves heard, working together toward one end...the reality of God’s kingdom here on earth through  obedience to God’s law of Love.

Here I Am, Lord

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