Watching Angels Dance

Watching Angels Dance

Isn’t it funny how?

God always knows

Which color of eyes

The perfect shape of a nose

Would be most fitting

When designing us

At the wave of a hand

With very little fuss

The brilliance of our Creator

Is amazing indeed

How he fills every void

Tends to every need

Making the color of the ocean

And a grain of sand

Equally as important

As the creation of man

He brought us here together

To learn from the start

To love from within

Beginning with our hearts

Every organism has

Its own special duty

Under the site of God

Amazed by His beauty

We grow together as one

As His will would have it be

Reminding us to love each other

I love you ...you love me

And when we begin living

For our earthly desires

He exhibits His anger

And unforeseen things transpire

The heavens open up

And the world below shakes

He sends in storms

And giant earthquakes

He reminds us daily that He loves

Our tender hearts

But let there be no mistake

We must do our part

Our part may seem difficult

Of that there is no doubt

But while we are wasting time

Trying to figure it out

We are failing to do what

He sent us for

To save one another

To open closed doors

We get so busy questioning

The meaning of it all

And get caught up in us

And soon comes a great fall

We forgot the homeless man

Who is living down town

We act like we don’t see him

Since we don’t see God around

We ignore the pleas of children

With no food to eat

Well, I want to help

Maybe next week

We avoid the abused

We ignore the maimed

And we curse God

When we encounter the same

We expect God to be

At our beckoned call

But we ignore Gods wishes

And another tear falls

God cries not for himself

But the ignorance of man

And when things become

So far out of hand

He lifts up His hand

And yells a thunderous STOP

Stating...I care not what you want

I don’t care what you thought

I gave you one job

The most important one

To love one another

And you reach for guns

You no longer listen

To the heart beat of God

And yet tremble in fear

At the sight of my rod

You say you want peace

Yet rarely a day goes by

When you aren’t destroying each other

And now you ask why?

Give the love I gave you

It costs you not a dime

Those hearts that you are breaking

Those souls are mine

Those lives left barren

With bullets piercing their skin

Were your brothers and sisters

At the very least...your friends

They were angels I sent you

To keep you on your path

And look at your destruction

The violent aftermath

And He slowly whispers softly

I hope you get it right

Because there will come one more day

When you come into my sight

And on the Day of Judgment

Let there be no mistake

I will ask of your contribution

And the difference you made

What wrongs did you correct

Since we last spoke

How did you repair

The hearts that you broke

And if you stand in silence

As children often do

I will mention

It was all up to you

So my child take this

Your one final chance

To join me in Heaven

To watch the angels dance

Missed Messages

Missed Messages

“I am for the truth no matter who tells it...I am for justice no matter who it is for” 

                   Malcolm X

  There are times in our lives when we are given a valuable truth...the only question remaining is will you be willing to receive it?

  As children, most of us would willingly accept any information as the divine truth, from our parents. However as life would have it we would begin to learn that often our parents intentions would never be mirrored in our lives again. As we grew older, we learned that some people may not have our best interest at heart. We became suspicious of others. Somehow along the path of our lives we started to correlate what was said with who was saying it...this in itself is a powerful lesson.

  We can often confuse the message and the messenger; the two may not be related. As people with our own concepts or those which have been instilled in us...be it directly or indirectly, we often have fallen into the trap that the most important messages come in the most beautifully wrapped packages. How many times have you encountered a person on the street and because they had a certain look, or lack thereof, you only half listened to the words being spoken? There will be messages that come to us...important vital messages. If we are not receptive to the message because we have a preconceived notion about the messenger...we will lose that blessing.

  This will be why you will see me write about being accepting of others. We have no way to foresee into the future and know all that we should pay attention to now. Often the most important message will come from the most unlikely source.

  When we close off our hearts and minds to specific people or groups of people...we are limiting our ability to receive messages or lessons sent by our Creator. We have missed out on the true concept of our existence when we pigeon hole or get caught up in stereo types. There had to have been a clear cut reason why it is that we all look so different and sound different. We are actually the different perspectives that we were all supposed to have...but they were all supposed to lead us back to the arms of our Father. Instead, we have isolated ourselves behind ideas and images of hate and destruction. Again, we must focus on the significance of what is being communicated and not in the orator.

  Sometimes the message isn’t about our well being, but that of others. We are given insight to situations, it is up to us to either react or do nothing; but in the end we are always going to be held accountable for those decisions. We must make the assumption that every time something is brought to our attention, directly or indirectly, it is meant for us. I mean, if we are walking down the street and we find a bag of money laying there with no one else around...don’t we think that it was God helping us out with some financial problem? Wouldn’t we think that it was the answer to our prayers? With that same mentality, how can we watch children dying from starvation in Africa or children dying due to homelessness on the news...and think that it wasn’t a message intended for us? How will we explain to our Creator, on our day of judgment, why we did nothing? If we only respond to the issues in our world when we have something to gain from it...we are NOT doing the will of God. Our path is not one of self righteousness. We are supposed to seek the greater good for mankind...not ourselves.

  In the hustle and bustle of everyday life we come into contact with many people, both physically and verbally; when you think of how many people you came into contact with today...I must ask one question...How many messages did you miss?

The Cost of Humanity

The Cost of Humanity

  By now, most of us have read or heard about the story of Jesus Navarro, the man in California who needs a kidney transplant; briefly, Mr. Navarro has private insurance through a job that he worked for 14 years and he has his own kidney donor...his wife. In fact, the only thing Mr. Navarro is missing is a green card, He is an undocumented resident, and has been such for at least the [last 14 years. However, like it or not, the law states that he can not receive organ transplant surgery due to his citizenship status. To be specific, Mr. Navarro can not receive the surgery which will quite possibly save his life, but he can DONATE a kidney or any other organ...to save someone else...citizen or not.

  I am not disputing the cost of healthcare. I am completely aware of how expensive it is getting to be ill, every time I visit my doctor. It has been stated that the reason Mr. Navarro cannot have the surgery is because he may not be able to afford the medicine that will follow the procedure. This is definitely a very sad situation, not only sad but ridiculous when you look at the larger picture.

  This is not just an undocumented resident; he is a husband and father. He has a family that, without this surgery, will be planning a funeral far too soon. This follows me reading about, Amelia Rivera, a 3 year old who needs a kidney transplant and was denied because the administrators of the hospital said she was mentally “retarded”. SO...this child could possibly die from kidney failure, and because of her mental capacity. She is not eligible for a transplant.

  I know there are probably hundreds, if not thousands, of Jesus Navarro’s in this country. It is actually that idea that prompted me to write about this.  I have never looked at human beings as countrymen or citizens of one country or another. I have never made a decision about one person or the next based on any monetary label. People are people; we are all different in one fashion or another.

  What I fail to understand is the logic behind having the ability to add years to a person’s life and then choosing not to. What have we become? When did a person who is not a resident of this country become expendable? We are so far away from where we are supposed to be, as human beings. This could not be what God wants for and from us. I was so disappointed in us, as children of one Creator, to know that the lines that make us different are actually becoming terminal. We are devaluing human life...placing a price tag on how much we will reach out for other people.

  Regardless of the politics behind the decision to not help these two children of God and others exactly like them, we should all be ashamed. We should find equal shame in the decision makers in these matters; and in those of us, who sit back and agree, by way of our silence.

  Love thy neighbor...not love only our documented countrymen...not only the healthy...but all walks of life. What is guiding us? When did we fall off of our paths? Often we get tested, it may be those very tests that display to our Creator what and who we really are. I pray no one gets judged based on these two cases, because the outlook looks grim.

  How much does humanity cost? Whatever the price tag...I pray that you can afford it. May the grace of God guide you all.