This sounds like a beautiful promise, something worthy to achieve, but be careful.
These words may speak to our longings and calm our fears but be cautious.
This ideal may seem like an American Dream but don’t allow it to lull you to sleep.
Sadly, in our effort to have “life”, we resort to slander, we fight, we take others to war and we even justify killing. Our desire for “liberty” becomes self-focused; one man’s liberty becomes another’s oppression. The pursuit of “happiness” becomes our unquenchable narcotic; leaving us with an insatiable appetite for more.
In this season remember:
The American Dream
is not
The Gospel Dream.
A dream where the dreamers pursue self-sacrifice as a way to true life. A dream where in becoming a servant to all, others are set free. And a dream where suffering in solidarity with the least of these, unites us in joy.
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