We Cannot Be Static

We cannot be static

Yet we must stand firm

Movement is required

And stillness as well

Constantly changing

Changeless

We must never remain the same

Fluid

And at the same time solid

We must be more of a body

Far less of a building

It must be less about religion

And far more about relationship

Don’t make it about rules

About laws and “do nots”

It’s not about who’s in and who’s out

It’s so much more about love

About acceptance and grace

More about a God who is love

Than a church that is about judgement

It’s not about points of theology

As if out intellect were king

It’s about respect and mercy and… .

..and about acknowledging that we all fall short

Every one of us

We are all in the mire

We have all fallen in the gutter

It’s about knowing that all our futures are bleak

Bleak and dark

Without someone to rescue us

We have all fallen

Yet some are yet to be helped up

The standing have had their helping hand

The standing can’t laud it over the fallen

The standing have no right

No place to judge each other

The place of the standing is to stand in thankfulness

And in that thankfulness to help one another

To restore the fallen

And point all to Him who rescues

Together we are stronger

Together we are wiser

Together we have great power

Great power to make the difference

We have the power to change the world

We have the opportunity to change…

…to change from fighting each other

To fighting for justice

For peace

For life

We can make the difference that we long to see

We can be that difference

We can be the answer to our very prayers

To rise from the gutter and go out to the streets

To the poor

To the unloved

To the hurting

And to those still lying in the gutter

There is an army to muster

There is a battle to be fought

There is a war to be won

A victory to be had

A world to change

A difference to be made

We cannot be static…e Static