Human Rights Creed

Saw this document newly pinned on the office notice board today and took an immediate liking to it. And with the general elections now looming on the horizon, I thought it'd be good to throw this in here for good measure as a reminder to the masses. Not that traffic through here is anything to shout about. Heh. : )

Anyway, here we go. U ready?

HUMAN RIGHTS CREED

I DO NOT BELIEVE
In the right of the strongest, in the language of weapons
In the power of the powerful

I DO NOT BELIEVE
In racial supremacy or in wealth
In privilege or in the established order

I DO NOT BELIEVE
That I can share the oppression there
If I tolerate injustice here

I DO NOT BELIEVE
That war and hunger are inevitable
And peace unattainable

I DO NOT BELIEVE
That efforts are in vain

I DO NOT BELIEVE
That humanity's dreams will go up in smoke
Or that death is the end of everything

I WANT TO BELIEVE
That the whole world is my home
That all reap, what we all sow

I WANT TO BELIEVE
That the right is the same here as the right there
And that I am not free
While one human being remains enslaved

I WANT TO BELIEVE
In the right of all people
In the open hand, in the power of the non-violent

I WANT TO BELIEVE
In the modes of actions, in the love of generous hands
In peace on earth

I DARE BELIEVE
Always and in spite of everything
In the new human being

I DARE BELIEVE
In God's own dream
Of a new heaven and a new earth
Where justice dwells

Random sharing.....

Hi Grace@Work,

Sunday, 2nd of March? Whoa! I'll pencil in that date for sure. :)

Though not deserving, I thank you for the praise. Yes, back then in Camerons, I was but still taking small baby steps in my walk with the exalted One. Sep '06 seems like such a long time ago. In the time that has elapsed since, my path has been been randomly littered with unavoidable tests and challenges at certain stages. Yet, faithful as He always is, He watched over me; the guardian of my conscience of being. It also helped tremendously that He placed me in the company of good and godly people akin to our Rabbi and also, my extended family in BLC.

Surreal but opportune that you should use the words "your next chapter" in your reply. It made it sound as if you were sub-consciously aware of what's been taking place over here in my life recently; for as a matter of fact, in three days time on Monday, I will be begin reporting for duty at an NGO. Yes, I have moved away from the private sector to begin a new career undertaking work involving social concerns and reforms; where I will be hacking it out under the auspices of ??AAA??, that famous (or infamous, depending on which side of the political fence one stands) organisation helmed by The Madam. When I went into my new work place for an introductory briefing exactly a week ago, I remembered walking out of it overwhelmed by the magnitude of the job scope. And to think that the briefing was only a half hour long. Nonetheless, in the days that followed, the Lord shed upon me a truth when I prayed and meditated upon it. This little epiphany helped greatly in assuaging the fears and inhibitions that were manifested by the weaknesses of the human form in me. At times, I can be really clueless and be at a loss to explain why certain things happen; for I am not quick to differentiate between "things just happening" or "things happening just"; whether events and happenings were just mere coincidences or if they were instances of the Sancte Spiritus quietly hiding and working in the background. Oddly enough, just days before I had been offered the post, I had watched a movie on the life of the great abolitionist William Wilberforce titled "Amazing Grace". I had only watched it to be entertained; and never for a moment had I even suspect the sort of difference that it was suppose to later make. You see, during the moments of trepidation that I had with regard to my new obligations, impromptu memories of this film came to mind. And when it hit me, I lit up like a bulb, for it was then that the bottomline dawned upon me; Wilberforce did not achieve his dreams to see out slavery overnight, and his tireless lobbying certainly took a lot longer than the course of 90 minutes of screenplay. With this realisation and a quick Google thereafter, I learned the fact that the actual passing of the law to abolish slavery only took place three days before Wilberforce's death in 1833. It had taken this exceptional man his entire lifetime; a total of 46 years from when he first decided to undertake the cause in 1787. I felt humbled, and in that instance I also began to understand that to serve the Lord's calling, time and other extrinsic gargantuan factors matters not; for I now accept the truth that Abba never gives one anything that He didn't think that one could not handle. His Kingdom come and His will be done.

I give thanks to our Father for His blessings and favour, and I embrace Him, the Lord, our God, in the mighty name of His son, Jesus Christ.

Shalom and a safe night, my good brother.

Warmly,
Mille Meow

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