How do we stop the Mississippi from flooding or the wind from howling down our door?

We start somewhere.

We learn.

Pray.

Plan.

Execute.

Stay vigilant.

Help our neighbors.

Pitch in when a stranger is in trouble.

We let compassion enlarge our community

because we know that one day we may be asking

for help and rescue.

We stand with others

who want to DO SOMETHING

so that in our doing

we no longer feel like the Lone Ranger

We draw an imperfect red "X" on our hand

snap a picture

and send it through the grand canyons

of social media.

And then we go back to learning, praying, planning, executing, vigilance, helping, pitching in, and enlarging our community so that we live out this pledge (and all the other noble pledges we make) rather than merely join in to a fad.

We become doers of the Word of life and love and liberty...freedom, rather than merely hearers of it.

It is easy to draw a red letter on our hands

Or wave a sign

Or walk alone for life.

It is so much harder to get involved in the messiness and overwhelm that is life as a slave.

Slave to a human master.

Slave to sin.

Slave to fear and regret.

Slave to greed.

Slave to approval.

Slave to inaction...apathy.

Slave to not knowing.

But what are we if we only draw on our hands and fail to act?

Children playing a child's game

Looking for attention in

Collective behavior.

What can we do now?

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