Jesus said to them, “Is it lawful
to do good or to do harm on the sabbath,
to save life or to kill?”
But they were silent.
He looked around at them with anger;
he was grieved at their hardness of heart
—Mark 3.4-5
Harm is being done by racism, violence and greed.
Unless you resist it, you assist it.
There is no neutral position.
Is it faithful to let evil go on,
or to stand against it?
Silence is hardness of heart.
Does your faith lead you
to tolerate it, or to intervene?
There is no neutral position.
Evil will tolerate your anguish
as long as you tolerate evil.
In no choice do you save the world,
but in every choice you do good or do harm.
God give us the faith and courage
not merely to lament the harm we do,
but to do good.
—May 29, 2018