So much is wrong

So much pain

So much death

So much blood

So much anguish

So much confusion

So much grief

So much intolerance

So much violence

So much purposeful slaughter

So much senselessness

So much hopelessness

So much oppression

So much hardness of heart

So much un-forgiveness

So much religion

So much baggage

So much garbage

So much rubbish

So much talk

So much inaction

So much retaliation

So much destitution

So much retribution

So much wrong

So much politics

So much sorrow

So much sadness

So much..

So much..

"Lord, why so much?

Why so little love?

So little forgiveness?

So little tolerance?

So little patience?

So little understanding?

Where is Truth?

Where is Wisdom?

Where is value for humanity?

What is life about?

What has living become?

What's the purpose of existence?

When will man seek answers beyond the fabricated?

When will man begin to see that life is priceless and has a purpose?

When will my brothers understand that violence is purposeless?

When will my cousins see that wrongs don't make right?

When will men begin to preserve rather than destroy?

When will society wake up to its responsibility of helping the oppressed?

"Who will go for US?

Who will speak for US?

Who will sing a new song?

Who will stand for the oppressed?

Who will mourn with the weeping?

Who will feed the hungry?

Who will shine true Love?

Who will lay down his life?

Who will make the supreme sacrifice of stepping forth?

How will they know?

How will they hear?

How will the message reach the displaced?

How will the hungry receive Bread?

How...

Will someone not step forth?

Will there not be a response?

Will there not be bravery?

Is there not an honorable soul?

Is there not a man who lives beyond himself?

Is there not a dreamer?

Is there not a wounded soul?

Is no one hurting with this generation?

Is there not a man dissatisfied with his life of routine and drudgery?

Is there not a Good Samaritan?

Is it too costly?

Is it too contradictory?

Why live if I cannot make a difference?

Why live if I am bound by a life of normalcy?

Why live only to survive?

Why live without taking the risk of living?

Why live for the sake of living?

Why live if I cannot contribute to love and truth?

Why live only to live like my ancestors?

Why not break out of the mould?

Why not take off the suit and tie?

Why not take off my shoes and stockings?

Why not dive off the deep end?

Why not swim to the lonely soul?

Why not swim.and bring him ashore?

Why not venture into the cold water?

Why not venture and save the child born to drown?

How can my heart be satisfied without love?

How can my life make sense being ordinary?

How can success be judged by material accumulation?

How does wealth and property acquisition become a life-goal?

How can I live knowing they don't?

How can life make sense in such miserable drama?

How can satisfaction rest in my bosom when death rests in theirs?

How does my yesterday make today's world better?

Arise to action.

Wake from slumber?

Inaction is conspiracy

Sleeping while awake is criminal

Do something...do something in love

Stretch yourself for the good of mankind

Stretch yourself for the good of our generation

Don't seek any accolade

Don't seek the praises of men

Live and serve quietly to honor the King

Live and proclaim the Majestic Message of Truth

Follow the footsteps of the King who loved in Truth

Follow the divine path of divine Love

Stop your arrogance and pride

Bow down and take the towel

Wash their feet

Love them senseless

Love them to stupidity

As the Master did- so do

As he forsook all for mankind- so do

As he took upon Himself the weight of the world- so do

So do...

The time is over

Darkness has set in

The call is made

Who shall step forth?

Who shall step forth?

And a quiet voice within said,

"Here I am Lord, send me!"

But another voice said,

"Don't be stupid

Don't be irrational

Think of your future

Think of your family

You must think responsibly

Don't act on impulse and emotion!"

What is emotion?

What is impulse?

What is responsibility?

What's the future?

Is it more noble to live for myself or the common good?

Is it irresponsible to lay down my life as a ransom for another?

Do I have the future in my hands?

My heart aches to consider that man knows good but chooses evil

We are called to be our brother's keepers

The world aches in agony

The world waits for a generation of quiet saviors

Men known not by doctrine but deeds of love and truth

How long more will the world wait?

Another thousand years

Another hundred

Another year

Maybe not

Maybe the dawn has set in

Maybe the Light is born

Maybe the heart of the warrior has been stirred

Maybe the generation has finally arrived

The generation who shall usher in the King

The generation who shall consider their lives as nothing

The generation to which you belong

Let faith and truth stir you along the wings of love

Don't hold back

Let's step out together

Let's take the risk of touching the aching

Let's risk the reckless abandon

Let's choose to make a difference

Come with me my friend

Come let's run together

Let's do what our heart knows its right to do

"And He smiled as He saw them walk through the rain

They jumped off the deep end

And reached out to the wandering soul"

"For all things are for your sakes,

That grace, having spread through the many,

May cause thanksgiving to abound

To the glory of God"

2 Corinthians 4: 15

ABU-NASIR

A CAPRO missionary in the Al-Magbreb