Alien Drums

God still amazes me. I wrote yesterday that after seeing the movie “Amazing Grace” I prayed with my two youngest children and asked God to help us be like William Wilberforce, to help us see people in our world today who need our help, who need our protection, who need our action.

Yesterday, in a meeting, the group was dealing with a senstive issue and I thought of Wilberforce. After a pretty tricky discussion, I said something like, “You may shout me down for suggesting this, but I feel I need to put this on the table.” I made the proposal, and it carried the day. The organization I work for appears to be ready to go to a higher level in helping some people who have victimized in a particular way.

Forgive me for the vagueness of this post, but I must. My main point is not about the issue, it’s about how God stands ready to help us stand for the “least of these” among us.

“Being like William” may become my personal rallying cry; and, of course, that means “being like Jesus.”