Lord Make me an Instrument of Your Peace

So on DeveiantArt I posted a light hearted blog about the two new pokemon games (pokemon black and pokemon white), and how a friend of mine jokingly called it racist and then I recieved this comment.http://comments.deviantart.com/5/32168480/1491214925

It has given me time to examine my life and how fortunate I am. It as also reminded me that there are issues in this world and even in my own back yard that need to be resolved that are not being resolved. About a month ago I finished reading a book called "The Freedom Writers Diaries" about how one teacher changed the lives of her students just through the books she had them read and playing an active role in their lives and encouraging them that they can make a difference. As an education/english major I have the duty from God to live up to the same expectations and exceed them as well. It is through events like this that I remind myself as to why God created me, and what I must do to change this world and make others more Christ like.

In the Bible it says that the strongest faith and prayer life is useless without any form of action, that lying is a great sin that is worthy of hell, and it is something I want to scream to the leaders of the world right now. I look to the examples of Mother Teresa and St.Francis to remind myself of this teaching that Jesus has presented to us.

At my college I am part of a social justice group sponsored by CCM (their blogspot can be seen herehttp://justicecscutb.blogspot.com/2010/02/students-from-ut-brownsville-and-pan-am.html), and even though I am just a student I try to make sure that the current children have the oppertunity to continue changing the world. Tonight I end with the prayer called "Lord Make me an Instrument of Your Peace."

Lord make me an instrument of Your peace

Where there is hatred, let me sow Love

Where there is injury, let me sow forgiveness

Where there is doubt let me sow Faith

Where there is despair, let me sow hope

Where there is darkness, let me give Light

Where there is sadness, let me give Joy

O Lord Grant that I may not try to be comforted, but to comfort

Not to try to be understood, but to understand

Not to be loved, but to love

Because it is in giving that we REcieve

And it is in pardoning that we are pardoned

And it is in dying that we are Born to Eternal Life.

-Lucas