Amazing Grace

I am sitting here, after watching the movie "Amazing Grace", just about speechless. What an amazing movie. What an amazing message. And it's a true story.
James 2:14-16 says...14 What good is it, my brothers and sisters, if people claim to have faith but have no deeds? Can such faith save them? 15 Suppose a brother or sister is without clothes and daily food. 16 If one of you says to them, "Go in peace; keep warm and well fed," but does nothing about their physical needs, what good is it? That is what the main character's journey was about. He found God. He was giddy with excitement and wanted to spend his life as a monk, praying and living his life in worshipful silence. But God had another plan....God opened his eyes to the pain and suffering of people in the world. And he used his faith to do good works. One quote from the movie has burned into my heart "Africa, your sufferings have arrested my heart...your sufferings, no tongue can express, no language impart". His heart was broken for the people of Africa and what they were suffering through the slave trade. But there is still suffering in Africa. There are almost SIX MILLION children that have lost their parents to AIDS, starvation and disease. And yet, so many of us turn a blind eye. I cannot be that person that wishes the suffering "go in peace; keep warm and well fed, but does nothing about their physical need" any longer. We MUST join the effort to help. We MUST see that faith, without works in DEAD!


God's still, small, pure, lovely, amazing, love filled voice has been whispering His will in my ears and to my heart. "See through my eyes....feel with my heart, for just a moment, what I feel for the helpless, the hopeless, the sick, the dieing....do something. Become part of the wave that is My Love. I have given you so much grace. Share that with someone who needs it. Hear the voices of these children that can't speak for themselves.