For such a time as this

Esther 4:14

For if you keep silence at such a time as this, relief and deliverance will rise for the Jews from another quarter, but you and your father’s family will perish. Who knows? Perhaps you have come to royal dignity for just such a time as this.”

For such a time as this

We are called

Not to keep silent

But to speak up

For the poor

For the vulnerable

For the homeless

For the hungry

For those persecuted

because of race or religion or colour

For those whose voices are not heard

Whose suffering goes unheeded

Whose rights are violated

For such a time as this

We are called to take risks

To stand alongside God's children

In Missouri ,

in New York, 

in the Ukraine,

in Yemin,

in Israel

in Palestine

in all those places 

where voices are silenced

and where hatred kills.

For such a time as this

We are called

To keep the hope alive

That light shines in the darkness

A light that cannot be extinguished

The light of love

The light of God with us 

For such a time as this.