I ran across this version of "Arise" by Newsong. I couldnt' believe how well two sticks could tell the story of the Resurrection. Hope you enjoy as much as I did.
Arise
Friday, June 13, 2008
When the Water Gets Deep
I was talking to a friend in the waterlogged part of the state this week. She mentioned how they’d been called and put on evacuation warning. Then she said something that surprised me. She haughtily compared us to New Orleans and talked about how much better we were because we heed the warnings when they’re put out.
I mentioned poverty and the means to evacuate. Not an excuse in her opinion. Then it dawned on me. Here was someone who travels the world for vacations. Her husband is a professional. Their home is in a country club setting. She doesn’t even know any less privileged people. (I’m probably her poorest friend, and she isn’t even aware of how little I have.) She is so detached that she can’t comprehend that in this day and age, people might be that poor in this country.
Then I started looking at the people I know. I thought about people I’m aware of who don’t have transportation, in a city with minimal public transit. I compared these two sets of friends who obviously are at both ends of the spectrum. Then I became grateful that I personally know people from all walks of life.
What about you? Can you say with Kipling in his famous poem, that you can “walk with kings, nor lose the common touch?” How truly blessed to experience at some level, both worlds.
I mentioned poverty and the means to evacuate. Not an excuse in her opinion. Then it dawned on me. Here was someone who travels the world for vacations. Her husband is a professional. Their home is in a country club setting. She doesn’t even know any less privileged people. (I’m probably her poorest friend, and she isn’t even aware of how little I have.) She is so detached that she can’t comprehend that in this day and age, people might be that poor in this country.
Then I started looking at the people I know. I thought about people I’m aware of who don’t have transportation, in a city with minimal public transit. I compared these two sets of friends who obviously are at both ends of the spectrum. Then I became grateful that I personally know people from all walks of life.
What about you? Can you say with Kipling in his famous poem, that you can “walk with kings, nor lose the common touch?” How truly blessed to experience at some level, both worlds.
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