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

[Shelley Hahn]

I'm afraid Susan's witness never made it to my mailbox (and I am on the 
earthrise list).  Could someone please forward it to me?  Thanks!

Shelley Hahn
shahn at iquest.net

Quoting David Dunn <icadunn at igc.org>:

> 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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