Loving the Least of These

I'm gaining more and more respect for Bono these days. Everything I read that he's written is so incredibly compelling to actually get out into the world and do something about the poverty and injustice that consumes most of the population. I recently read this quote from Bono in 'The Hole in Our Gospel' { which by the way I STRONGLY recommend all of you read that book!!}. The Hole in Our Gospel: What does God expect of Us? The Answer that Changed my Life and Might Just Change the World
I LOVE what Bono has to say in this quote. And I think he's right. It's time we do something. Our generation has no excuse not to do something. Generations way before us didn't have ways of knowing about the poverty and injustice around the world, and certainly didn't have ways of doing much about it. But that's not the case for us. We have all seen pictures of starving, disease- stricken children and adults too. And I'm here to tell you that those pictures are real. Those faces you see, they have names and they have a story. Our generation has so many resources at our fingertips that shame on us if we choose to ignore this crisis, and ignore them. I am more and more convinced that our generation is going to be the one to change the world, but for that to happen we must link arms and fight this thing together.


" We can be the generation that no longer accepts that an accident of latitude determines whether a child lives or dies- but will we be that generation? Will we in the West realize our potential or will we sleep in the comfort of our affluence with apathy and indifference murmuring softly in our ears? Fifteen thousand people dying needlessly every day from AIDS, TB, and malaria. Mothers, fathers, teachers, farmers, nurses, mechanics, children. This is Africa's crisis. That it's not on the nightly news, that we do not treat this as an emergency- that's our crisis.

Future generations flipping through these pages will know whether we answered the key question. The evidence will be the world around them. History will be our judge, but what's written is up to us. We can't say our generation didn't know how to do it. We can't say our generation couldn't afford it. And we can't say our generation didn't have reason to do it. It's up to us. "
                                                       - Bono

We CAN change the world. And its time for us to stand up and fight for what's right. WHO'S WITH ME?!?!