The answer to this question in this video by Bill Hybels surprised me and hit very close to home at the same time. I completely identify with his level of emotion. However, I have recently begun to shift my focus away from the painful issue presented in this video to focus my attention outward. As the last few posts make clear, one thing that wrecks me is the complete dedication of organizations like IJM who spend their personal and professional lives to ’seek justice.’ This wrecks me.
I watched a short video last night made by a teenager…. it was about the work of the Franciscan Network, dedicated to helping to the landless poor in Brazil. This wrecks me.
I followed news of protests last week in India over the movie “Slumdog Millionaire.” Movie theaters were trashed and violence committed all because the perception was that the filmmakers intended to demean the slum-dwelling population by referring to them, or their children as dogs…. never realizing it is the ’slumdog’ in the film who is the hero and the term becomes a badge of honor. This wrecks me.
And knowing that we very well may be heading for a time when there is less interest, less money for these human rights and justice issues…. this wrecks me…
What wrecks you?
