In 1966, South African students heard Robert Kennedy proclaim:
I read this passage through lenses of one who has been given a tiny ripple of hope through your many generous acts. In order to improve our lot you have helped us spiritually, financially, emotionally and physically. For that we are grateful and we hold on to hope. Thank you.
I also read this passage through lenses of one who feels that any action I perform on behalf of a grand ideal (eliminating poverty), to improve the lot of others (starving children) or against injustice (genocide in Darfur) is insignificant.
Lord, I confess that I underestimate what you can do through me. Thank you for the countless friends and families who have helped us. May I, with your guiding, help others. Amen.
Each time a person stands up for an ideal, or acts to improve the lot of others, or strikes out against injustice, he or she sends forth a tiny ripple of hope.
I read this passage through lenses of one who has been given a tiny ripple of hope through your many generous acts. In order to improve our lot you have helped us spiritually, financially, emotionally and physically. For that we are grateful and we hold on to hope. Thank you.
I also read this passage through lenses of one who feels that any action I perform on behalf of a grand ideal (eliminating poverty), to improve the lot of others (starving children) or against injustice (genocide in Darfur) is insignificant.
Lord, I confess that I underestimate what you can do through me. Thank you for the countless friends and families who have helped us. May I, with your guiding, help others. Amen.
posted by jch at
8:56 AM
2 Comments:
A small ripple ends up as the beginning of a great tidal wave. But can mans small mind, ever comprehend such. A word here, a nice gesture there, a shining example thrown in for good measure and you bring someone to the point of asking "Why?". The door is open, ever so slightly to tell someone about God and what He has done for mankind. Ripple? Wave?
J. and C. McDonald
As sure as there is heaven and a God.
"Hope" is everything.
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