So yesterday my Ember day letter to +Cate took priority over this, but back into it now...
God's dream wants us to be brothers and sisters, wants us to be family. (G.H.a.D. Tutu, pg. 21)
What would it mean for you to see everyone around you as brother or sister? How would you treat them differently? What keeps you from welcoming them into your family? As you see people in the street, and opinions, judgments, and prejudices leap to mind, can you see them as not this or that, but as a child of God, as your brother and sister?
I really do try to see everyone as a brother or sister, as someone who is a child of God.
It really bothers me sometimes that I don't have more to give to charity or to the homeless, because what if I just denied Christ because I gave my leftovers from dinner to the person before him. Or if I was on my phone and didn't have time to offer directions or help.
I think having empathy towards the plight of the world is a start and if we stand with our brothers and sisters that we can potentially turn that empathy into really helping each other.
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