Never the chameleon

"What is, therefore, our task today? Shall I answer: 'Faith, hope, and love'? That sounds beautiful. But I would say - courage. No, even that is not challenging enough to be the whole truth. Our task today is recklessness. For what we Christians lack is not pyschology or literature...we lack a holy rage - the recklessness which comes from the knowledge of God and humanity. The ability to rage when justice lies prostrate on the streets, and when the lie rages across the face of the earth....a holy anger about the things that are wrong in the world. To rage against the ravaging of God's earth, and the destruction of God's world. To rage when little children must die of hunger, when the tables of the rich are sagging with food. To rage at the senseless killing of so many, and against the madness of militaries. To rage at the lie that calls the threat of death and the strategy of destruction peace. To rage against complacency. To restlessly seek that recklessness that will challenge and seek to change human history until it conforms to the norms of the Kingdom of God. And remember the signs of the Christian Church have been the Lion, the Lamb, the Dove, and the Fish...but never the chameleon."

-Kaj Munk, priest and playwright, shortly before being hung with his Bible in hand by the Gestapo in January 1944


I love these words. as much as they speak for theirself, so does the ending. I would challenge us to think about our realness of faith... not one that comes and goes with the wind, but one that stays strong and endures through the storm. to have a faith that is real enough to die for, not because it's an escape or proving but simply because we will not back down for the truth.

some say that truth is relative, to that i would say, how then can it be truth? seek and you will find, knock and the door will be opened to you. we could use our excuses to block and deflect away from God, but in the end there's still our longing, our deep sense and need for something more. the whole question is when? when will you turn away from God to harden your hearts more, and when will you fall into the beautiful grace of the one who loves you unconditionally. those thoughts usually only sinks into a head-knowledge deep, but if allowed them sink into our hearts, i believe it can change our thinking, and therefore change our lives and those around us.

now some may say, well how do you know that the truth is Christ? to that i would say, ask God. ask him... he knows your thoughts before you think them, and if you are genuine, i believe that he will revile himself to you in his timing. but, i am not God, and therefore would not be the best to "prove him" to you. he must be sought after... he likes being found, and always draws you deeper. know that his love is unconditional and the depth of his being is as well.