Part of a blog by James Barnett:
Then I started thinking about the implications of this unveiled pursuit. Sure it has it’s luster and seems great, but perhaps the more intriguing philosophy is that “Spoken love is like a symphony playing in the desert.” Isn’t this the realchallenge? The challenge to speak love, create love, & show love when it is not acknowledged? Not even heard?
I can’t help but think back to all the times in history when extremists for love were killed because of their zealous nature for justice. Ask Martin Luther King Jr. if the citizens of Memphis liked his symphony. Ask Mother Teresa if the world truly understood the God behind her motivation. Ask Stephen the apostle, who was stoned to death, if the people of Jerusalem dug the song he was singing.
Folks, I’m not so sure our symphony is a popular one. It won’t end up on the billboard top ten and it won’t be played on a stage in Central Park. It will be a lullaby sung within the hearts of the poor. It will be cried out by those who hunger and thirst for what is right. No, it may not be a popular song, but it will be a good one.
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