Feb
17
Now that I have seen, I am responsible…
Filed Under Amy, Home Again
Brooke Fraser wrote a song called Albertine about a little girl she grew to love while she was in Rwanda. This song is all about bringing back what she experienced with her through her music. One line, “now that I have seen, I am responsible. Faith without deeds is dead” is one that has stuck with me through all that God has taken us, personally through.
As I was sitting, waiting for Malachi to wake up from his nap I was thinking about this simple idea, the responsibility that each one of us have, those who have gone and seen, to share. I realized that it is my responsibility not just to share in a blog or with churches, but with Malachi.
Judges 2.10 brings a horrifying shift in Israel’s history, “And all that generation also were gathered to their fathers. And there arose another generation after them who did not know the Lord or the work that he had done for Israel.” It goes on to say that they turned away from God and worshiped Baal and other terrible things. Why did this happen? I believe the point is that they weren’t told all the things God had done for them. They weren’t told about how they were rescued from Egypt, how they walked across dry land through the Red Sea, they weren’t told how God met them at Saini… they simply weren’t told.
As I was thinking I was able to make a connection between Brooke’s song and this passage in Judges. Whether it be a child’s story from Rwanda, or a personal experience from India, these stories must be told- those filled with sorrow, happiness, regret, anger, joy; those where God’s hand is so present and those where faith was tested and prevailed because it “seemed” that God wasn’t there. I want Malachi to be able to decide for himself who God is to him and what role he will have in his life. My part? To be faithful to share where God has taken me, where he has taken us. I need to be sure that I am continually telling Malachi the realities of the world, the reality that God is in the midst of it all, that he is good. Because God is SO good!
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