Breaking Chains
Jun 27, 2010 faith
The uproar is deafening… the Gulf disaster, economy, social strife. We yell and blog and tweet and shake fists. Misplace blame and resist and protest. To what end, to what good?
I talked with an acquaintance last night who in the last few months decided to deal with his demons though rehab, a daunting daily battle that will persist his remaining days. How is this different from my own chains? While my dependencies may not be the same, they exist and persist none the less, and need to be dealt with.
Looking to man for justice is like looking to the ocean for air. Why can’t we just all get along? Just my opinion, but our versions of justice, peace and freedom don’t line up, in many cases are agenda driven and certainly don’t always have humanity’s best interest at heart.
The last couple of weekends I participated in raising money for a cause and a friend. I don’t know how much was raised, it doesn’t matter. But the few songs I played and the interactions helped me see outside myself and respond to needs in a real way, not just words or rhetoric. A few short steps toward breaking chains that bind me — link by link.