This morning I woke up, not in the best of moods. Nor in the worst. Considering a couple events that have happened as of late, I think I'm doing pretty good. I woke up and just let my thoughts run "free." (mistake #1). After a completely unproductive time of...laying, I thought it would be a good idea to get on facebook. (mistake #2). Its never good in the mornings, when will I learn? While some people may find it therapeutic (I have yet to meet a person in which this is the case) I find that being bombarded by people's status updates, opinions, and pictures is a little too much to include in my morning routines. Yet I do it anyway-sometimes. Anyway, today I did. There are few things that get me angry to the point of tears. There are a lot of things that I feel very strongly about, but very few that transport me from anger to heartbreak and back again. Pornography and people who are oppressed and marginalized are among those things. Especially when it comes to people's opinions about illegal immigration. I am not, thank the Lord, a politician. So in the world of politics and what would be "best for this country" I side with my friend Derek Webb- "We will never have a savior on capitol hill." I also side with him on this simple truth: my allegiance will always be to a King and a Kingdom.
And if I know one thing, I know that God is a God of love and of justice. I know a God that wants to take care of the marginalized, the widow, the orphan, the alien. And I don't think He takes our opinion into consideration on this one. Ok, well at least I don't. I don't really care too much that some people think its unfair that illegal immigrants come here and don't have to pay taxes and we do. You know why I don't care? Because that is the most selfish thing I have ever heard of. Let go of money. Be thankful that we get paid a salary, that we can drive a car, own a house, splurge on the little things. Be thankful that every time we get in your car to go for a grocery run, we are not afraid of getting pulled over, being deported, and never seeing our husband/wife and kids again.
I get it, its illegal. What concern is that of ours? We don't know their motives, desires, plans and dreams. We don't understand why they are here, why they had to leave their country or why they wanted to leave their country (it makes no difference) or do what they had to do to be able to enjoy some of what we are enjoying. Our only job is to love and love well. God will take care of everything else, no matter whose "side" you are on. If you think its still wrong for illegal immigrants to come to this country, God will set you straight (I kid, i kid...kinda). And if your heart burns with a desire to see all people embraced and accepted- God will also take care of it. And when I say that we need to trust that God will take care of these things, I'm preaching to myself.
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