empty lots for grazing goats at the base of shopping malls

Monday, September 8, 2008

communicating between the lines (use your grey matter)

one of the chosen women asked me, 'why don't people in the promised land know there are chosen ones here in the wilderness?' the question struck a chord deep in my heart. why do all those who reside in the promised land, chosen and yet-to-be-chosen, think of the wilderness as a place devoid of chosen ones? why don't we have a concept of his worldwide people, including the wilderness? it seems to the chosen few here that everyone else thinks the wilderness contains only forgotten, lost, or ignorant fools. this is not the case.

johnny sax-o-mo-phone told me today that in his war-torn land to the east there are almost no more chosen people, because of the misguidance of the promised land. they have all run away, fearing for their lives. this happened because the promised land is full of people who claim to be chosen, and they have wreaked havoc on the wilderness, giving them only the option of being murdered or running away. this has left his land without a chosen people, not even a remnant. this made me wonder if ignorance is something of an epidemic in the promised land...ignoring the world and only thinking of itself.

guy whostandsinthestreet
told me tonight that, although he does not want to be chosen, he loves the promised land and THE son of man...because his book tells him he should. he told me how he recognized the shared heritage his people, the chosen people, and the original clan have and how he believed that there should be no more war, no more fighting, no more hatred between us. beautiful. hard to believe. hard to comprehend how close guy is to being chosen to play kickball on the promised playground...and how far away at the same time.

this is the most difficult thing to communicate...but so important for you to know and to think about, and to check yourself on.

3 comments:

Jordanian Eagans said...

promised land = america



you're welcome

Jeff's MOM said...

I get it now. Very sad and very profound! You are in the right place!

Jeremy Eagan said...

Good stuff.