Reflection of a Revolution

I have been having thoughts lately about how limited our time is here on earth. We can be here one minute and gone the next. One of my beloved colleagues, Lauren, passed away on April 29, 2008. She was a young woman with a loving husband and 2 loving daughters. She was physically fit but unfortunately she suffered a brain aneurysm that took her life. Again this makes me wonder a couple of things. We are so consumed with life’s short comings as well as what will happen in the future. “The past and the future only exist in our minds.” I am consumed about what will happen that I am totally missing out on what IS happening. The thing is, our lives are not guaranteed. We can be here one hour and be gone the next. We can live healthy lives, like in the case of Lauren and still be taken by illness because it was time for us to come home. So, I have been thinking…What am I doing to make an impact? My question of course reminded me of Bobby’s last Revolution Service, “Give and Take”. He mentioned, “Back in high school my superlative was; ‘I rather have them ask why there is no monument for me than why there is one.’ I am sure I butchered this quote Bobby and I apologize. But this has been going through my mind. I don’t want to be famous; I just want to help in revolutionizing our society towards a movement of Love. Let us ask ourselves, have we done anything nice for anyone lately? Not to be recognized that we did something nice, but because we wanted to? Because it was in our heart, it was a part of our culture, because that’s what God would do for us. Are we recognizing those who are trying to reach out, those who are in need? Are we providing extra grace to those who might get us upset to those who don’t deserve it? We say that we are the Revolution, but what are we doing to revolutionize our society? Let’s start with this Element, let’s start with loving one another. Let’s tell each other how much we appreciate each other, let’s be there when another falls down, when another is in need. Let’s start to become a family, a body of Christ. Then and only then will people see us for who we really are, the light of Christ, the hope of the world.

” Watch what God does, and then you do it, like children who learn proper behavior from their parents. Mostly what God does is love you. Keep company with him and learn a life of love. Observe how Christ loved us. His love was not cautious but extravagant. He didn't love in order to get something from us but to give everything of himself to us. Love like that.” Ephesians 5:1-2