justice is a lost cause. evil is epidemic.

i watched a movie tonight that ripped my insides. the idea behind it was that of social justice and the christians response to it. to be perfectly honest, it has been a while since i thought of the world around me like i did tonight. i saw poverty, disease with no way of a cure, child soldiers and prostitutes, war/ terrorism, homelessness... i could go on... its so easy to forget about what is going on every second of every day when it is not going on directly with yourself. as i was watching this movie, i began to slowly sink down in my seat- the images i saw were unsettling for various reasons.... the main, that i felt helpless... so, i see and know all this horrible stuff is going on... but what do i do... what can i do... as a christian, how can i make a difference?

what can i do?

"we cannot do everything and there is a sense of liberation in realizing that.this enables us to do something, and to do it very well.it may be incomplete, but it is a beginning, a step along the way, an opportunity for God's grace to enter and do the rest.
we may never see the end results,but that is the difference between the master builder and the worker.we are workers, not master builders, ministers, not messiahs.we are prophets of a future not our own."

excerpt from a prayer by archbishop oscar romero