Tuesday, November 10, 2009

Powerful Utterances

A young boy asked me, "How could Hitler kill 6 million people?" It was a actually a technical question. To kill so many people he would have to have been very busy for a lot of time, and people would have to not notice for a long time before catching him. So how is it that Hitler could kill millions of people?

I answered, "With words."

The spoken word has the potency to affect the lives of billions. The greatest massacres of all time were done with organization and willful involvement of many people. How could so many act so similarly to achieve so massive an evil result?

With words.

It all began for each of them with assent to the actions and ideals expressed in the words they listened to. Some of the names we associate with the worlds greatest atrocities, never personally assualted any other human being. They inspired others to do great evil.

With words.

But not to worry. Love is a real as the evil.

Billions of people have also lived in joyful peaceful loving fellowship with each other. Yes it's true. It all began for each of them with assent to the actions and ideals expressed in the words they listened to also. The words they heard moved them from death to life.

John 6:68
Simon Peter answered him, "Lord, to whom shall we go? You have the words of eternal life.

Baby Have Some Faith

It's a soulless town and everyone's down
Everyone turns at every one sound
and there's no calm

Everyone knows survival will count
If your soul can be found when days are down
you won't be lost

Baby have some faith
Baby have some faith
Good is as real as the evil

Homeless bodies in my back yard
Battered women and children scarred
The apathy here is amoral fear

Influence of power in the wrong hands
Resorting to torture, the prophet demands
Teaches us nothing and sensors the news

Baby have some faith
Baby have some faith
Daylight will follow the darkness

Baby have some faith
Baby have some faith
No one can steal your day baby

I know what's aching you,
you've got the love in you, and you'll get by

I know you'll make it through
you've got the love in you, and you'll get by

The nack for souls is great and I can
See that every time & play the
Winner gets to say it but we've got to try

Baby have some faith
Baby have some faith
Good is as real as the evil

Baby have some faith
Baby have some faith
No one can steal your day baby

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