On the Move

On the Move is a book compiled of Bono's speech that he gave at a National prayer breakfast: a charge to aid the marginalized and the poor. In our preparatin for what lies ahead, this section of his speech resonated deeper within us, as it echoed the burden imprinted upon our hearts to answer the cry of the 'poor'.

"God is in the slums, in the cardboard boxes where the poor play house. God is in the silence of a mother who has infected her child with a virus that will end both their lives. God is in the cries heard under the rubble of war. God is in the debris of wasted opportunity and lives, and God is with us if we are with them, "If you remove the yoke from your midst, the pointing of the finger and speaking wickedness, and if you give yourself to the hungry and satisfy the desire of the afflicted, then your light will rise in darkness and your gloom will become like midday and the Lord will continually guide you and satisfy your desire in scorched places." (isaiah 58:9-11)

Our constant prayer is that our lives may count for something greater than ourselves. Oh Lord, that we may consistently be intentional for this purpose.