imagine...

"My view of Christianity is such that I think no man can consistantly profess it without throwing the whole weight of his being against this monstrous system of injustice that lies at the foundation of all our society; and, if need be, sacrificing himself in the battle. That is, I mean that I could not be with a great many enlightened and Christian people who did no such thing; and I confess that the apathy of religious people on this subject, their want of perception of wrongs that filled me with horror, have engendered in me more scepticism than any other thing."

--Augustine St. Clair in Harriet Beecher Stowe's Uncle Tom's Cabin.

interesting in the light of the great number of those that profess to be Christians and never "throw" their whole beings against injustice. who are we? that we are content to remain safe in our nation's borders and watch the injustice that happens across the world, across the border and across the street? who do we think we are? the light of the world? the salt of the earth? or the very contibutors to the disbelief that we speak so vehemently against? Christian Americans should be a force to be rekoned with in this dark world. but satan has us snared in his nets of safety, self centeredness and entitlement. when will we wake up to hear that we may be doing more damage than good in claiming to follow Jesus and then instead crazily pursue the "good life".

imagine what the world would be like if we christians did throw our whole beings into it--into Him. the worst that could happen is that we would lose ourselves in the battle. imagine if we all beleived there was something bigger than us. oh wait we do. imagine if we actually lived what we beleive. imagine. just imagine.