Remembering the Marginalized
“For God so loved that God gave….”
--From the Apostle John’s faith story (3:16)
Life is filled with things that just don’t make sense. This holy season of the year has the potential to remind all of us that no one is exempt from being marginalized. The feeling of being “left out in the cold” can hit anyone, even when it is least expected.
• The folks in Louisiana and Mississippi are definitely still experiencing marginalization beyond anything they imagined, not even the magic of a Super Bowl victory has made living conditions what they need to be.
• Little children who are making the first time discovery that “Santa” has different looks than they imagined.
• People feeling disillusioned because life as they understood it is not how life really is. The economic chaos, along with so many other discouraging factors, is at best confusing and disturbing.
The news of the season is that the Creator identifies more with the marginalized than with the comfortable. Wanting to understand the Divine? I suggest learning from and living with the marginalized is the way to do it. According to St. John, that is what God chose.
A prayer: God of life, thank you for choosing to live in the margins. Amen.
--Ben Keckler
12.22.10
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