Choices

Somedays I just get frustrated. Words escape me. I see injustice and blindness in this world and I want to speak out and falter because I know that words have this great power; they often times only tell us what we want to hear.
I could for example provide a passage of scripture for people to think about but where would their thoughts go first. For example in Daniel 4:27 "Therefore, Your Majesty, be pleased to accept my advice: Renounce your sins by doing what is right, and your wickedness by being kind to the oppressed. It may be that then your prosperity will continue.” Do you immediately only think these words are meant just for King Nebuchadnezzar. Perhaps you know someone else that you see as sinful and wicked; oh yes those words are for them.
If I then tell you that Black lives Matter, what is your response?
What then if give you this passage to ponder, Luke 14:12-14. "When you give a luncheon or a dinner, do not invite your friends or your brothers or your relatives or rich neighbors, lest they also invite you in return, and repayment come to you. But when you give a reception, invite the poor, the crippled, the lame, the blind, and you will be blessed, since they do not have the means to repay you; for you will be repaid at the resurrection of the righteous." Ok that seems pretty straightforward.
If I then ask you to support the foodstamp program, what is your response?
How about something a bit more recent; "We the People in order to form a more Perfect union". Who are the we and why can’t they be trusted?
See those words can mean so many different things depending on what we want to hear and believe. It is our choice whether we deny the oppression of others or show them kindness, to feed the hungry or the wealthy, to see We as all or as only us.