From August 23-August 30 2004 Arun Gandhi will head a delegation to Jordan, Israel and Palestine to carry his grandfather's legacy of nonviolent resistance to the people of the Holy Land. This blog will be updated daily during the tour.
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Gandhi Tour of Israel & Palestine
Wednesday, August 25, 2004
REFLECTION
August 25, 2004
This reflection for the trip was provided by Laura:
When Elijah fled from the wrath of Jezebel, he found himself in a cave in the mountainside. The Word of God came to him in that place and said, "Elijah, what are you doing here?"
It is still a good question from our God.
"What are you doing here?"
We have visited Holy sites of three of the world's great religions today - amazing because they are within walking distance of one another in the Holy City of Jerusalem.
And we have heard the stories of people whose lives are broken and disrupted, at best, as they deal with the reality of living in the occupied and now Israel developed West Bank.
And our God asks us still, "What are you doing here?"
What difference will it make that Gandhi visits the Holy Land?
What difference will it make if any of us do?
It all depends on how we answer the question our God continues to ask, "What are you doing here?"
The question is not: "What business do you have here?" nor "Who gave you the right to be here?" but "What are you doing here?"
Our God asks: What are you doing with this life I have given you?
What are you doing with the power I have give you?
Are you loving my children? All of them? Even the ones you don't like?
It is rather easy to walk these streets - to walk from holy site to holy site. It doesn't take much.
But it takes courage to walk the distance from your life to the life of an other. It takes courage to take time to listen and understand.
It takes courage to live a whole life in answer to God's question, "What are you doing here?"
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