THE ANGLICAN PHOTOGRAPHY: MICHAEL HUDSON
Isaiah 29:17-24
Psalm 147:1-12
Matthew 9:35-10:1.5-8
“Waiting in Silence,” hoping things will improve, is, in my humble opinion, an unproductive call and, perhaps, a call to inaction. We are not even silent in prayer – we are talking to God.
If Jesus had not sent his disciples out to spread the Good News, where would Christianity be today? St. Paul, in his many letters to the Churches, entreated them to action. If the blind men would not have spoken up (Matthew 9:27-30), would they not still be blind? Faith alone, without action, would not have resulted in their miracle of sight. Isaiah 29:18 asks the Lord, to “hear…when I cry aloud; be gracious to me and answer me.”
Many social injustices imposed upon the differently able, Indigenous peoples, religious and gender oppressed, the impoverished, and those living through war and its aftermath, would have festered without vocal recognition inducing positive action to set a path for healing to right past wrongs. In our troubled and chaotic world, overflowing with war and violence, voices need to be heard in earnest for peaceful negotiations to release hostages, to end violent aggression and to commence the rebuilding of what has been lost where disasters, natural or human caused, have occurred.
Waiting in silence, hoping, and praying for creation to solve itself, doesn’t effect change. If you witness injustice, covet improvement, and care for others, do not wait; do not hope; and above all, do not be silent. Rise up, do not fear, and be confident that the Lord is the stronghold of your life!
– Sue Ann Elite
