Then Jesus told them a parable about their need to pray always and not to lose heart. He said, “In a certain city there was a judge who neither feared God nor had respect for people. In that city there was a widow who kept coming to him and saying, ‘Grant me justice against my opponent.’ For a while he refused; but later he said to himself, ‘Though I have no fear of God and no respect for anyone, yet because this widow keeps bothering me, I will grant her justice, so that she may not wear me out by continually coming.’ ” And the Lord said, “Listen to what the unjust judge says. And will not God grant justice to his chosen ones who cry to him day and night? Will he delay long in helping them? I tell you, he will quickly grant justice to them. And yet, when the Son of Man comes, will he find faith on earth?”
Where will faith be found?
Not in the rights denying
scarcity mongering
policies of our governments...
Where will faith be found?
Not in the strategy driven
rule keeping
efforts of our institutions...
Where will faith be found?
Not in the desperate
programme-centric flailing
of our churches...
Where will faith be found?
In the acts of everyday people
who see and respond
to an opportunity
to make a difference
in their neighbourhood
Those who create beauty
by eschewing what is deemed
right and proper
choosing, instead
to take risks
to make music
to dance
to respond to the rhythm
that is all around...
Attuned to the rhythm of God
our senses are awakened
to the gifts
and the needs
of our neighbour.
And there, will faith be found.
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