[Oe List ...] [earthrise] Witness: Beginning again

[David Dunn]

On 4/2/06 6:56 PM, "Susan Fertig-Dykes" wrote:

> How many times in this life so far have I had to begin again in one way or
> another? Countless times, though nothing like this. Something like an ant
> building and rebuilding his anthill every time it gets squashed or washed
> away, only this time there is a crater to fill. But the Lord is ever faithful,
> and over and over stands with us as we begin again. And again. And again.

Three reflections on Susan's stunning witness.

I am convicted of the sin of arrogance for failing to look beyond the
superficiality of political conviction to the witness of another's heart.

I am humbled by the grace that helped me to stop destroying the very people
to whom I owe the deepest gratitude for mediating saving grace.

I am stunned by the demand that 'all the suffering, injustice and misery in
the world' place on me to repent of any cultural prejudice that holds the
suffering of another just beyond the range of my own heart.

David Dunn


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