Be My Everything

Last week was Justice Week at Milligan.  Everyday there was something different, speakers and events shedding light on injustices throughout the world, and how students could help.  On Tuesday, Invisible Children showed one of their documentaries, "Tony" watch the trailer here.  Invisible Children visited campus in the fall, and that was really first time I heard anything about them.  Check out the link above to find out more information on this great group.  In the Fall they spoke about Joseph Kony and the LRA.  Last week the told the story of Tony, and in that story told how IC was born.

Three college friends decided to make a movie about the Sudan and what was happening in Darfur.  Instead, they were unable to get to Darfur and heard the story of Joseph Kony, the LRA and night commuters.  What started with three guys and a camera is now a major non profit organization rebuilding schools in Uganda, providing education and mentorships for hundreds of Africans and fighting Africa's longest running war.  Three guys with a camera have inspired high school and college students across the United States to stand up and do something, be a part of something bigger and make a difference.  Watching the documentary on Tuesday I couldn't help but shed a few tears (true, my heart is not completely ice).  Tony is one of the first night commuters that Jason, Bobby and Laren met in Uganda.  They kept in touch with him, went back and visited him and in 2010 Tony made it to the US to go on tour with IC.

I think there are tiny glimpses of heaven here on Earth.  Things that are good and perfect that are just a flash of what is to come.  In the documentary there is video of everyone waiting at the airport for Tony and other the partners  to arrive from Uganda.  There was a mass of them huddled around the base of the escalator.  There were people with signs and giant banners waiting for his arrival.  I know that some of those waiting on him had met Tony and were his friends.  But I am sure there were others who had never met Tony, but knew he represented something bigger that they were a part of.  I can't help but believe that is what heaven will be like.  People I loved, and people I didn't know but are still brothers and sisters excited to see me and welcome me home.

Today hasn't been the greatest day.  It's days like today that I have to remember Tony and IC and remember that I am just one person in a world of billions.  I am thankful to serve a God that knows me individually and created me individually, but is also such a big God.  He is not just here in East Tennessee but the same God In Uganda and Japan and everywhere else.  Days like today it is even more important to remember it is not about me.

"And He has told you O man what is good;

And what does the Lord require of you

But to do justice, to love kindness

and to walk humbly with your God"

Micah 6:8

We've sang this song at church for a few weeks, it has become something of an anthem for me.

God in my living, there in my breathing

God in my waking, God in my sleeping

God in my resting, there in my working

God in my thinking, God in my speaking

God in my hoping, there in my dreaming

God in my watching, God in my waiting

God in my laughing, there in my weeping

God in my hurting, God in my healing

Be my everything, Be my everything

Be my everything, Be my everything

Christ in me, Christ in me

Christ in me, the hope of glory

You are everything