A Call for Revival

Photo: AP Photo/Khalil Hamra

Perhaps we need to have a revival.
Not the hell-fire brimstone, carnival tent,
come to the altar “just as I am,” to be saved kind.
The unsaved don’t need saving…by us.
No…we need a revival of the “Christ”
in those who claim to follow Him.
We need to regain our faith…
having let fear reign
for far too long in our hearts.
We need to see Jesus in the Other
rather than isolate ourselves more and more
behind walls of self-righteousness.
We need to be saved from ourselves
and the religion that we have created
in our own image.
We need to turn away
from deceptive “saviors” and idols,
devils who promise us the world
while hoarding power for themselves.
We were not called to faith
to have the world conform to us,
to accommodate us, to justify our desires.
We were called to serve and to love.
We are called to serve.
We are called to Love.

~kat ~ 18 November 2015