Thursday, October 27, 2005


It was MUSIC .....

.... which first introduced me to Rosa .......... the story was told to me by several musicians - powerful lyrics - powerful music.

How far can a human go - to make another human stand up in a bus JUST because the other person is a different colour?
He was white
She was black
He demanded she stood
She refused
That was against the law
She was arrested
He sat down

She has said about this;
"The time had just come when I had been pushed as far as I could stand to be pushed, I suppose.
They placed me under arrest.
And I wasn't afraid.
I don't know why I wasn't, but I didn't feel afraid.
I had decided that I would have to know once and for all what rights I had as a human being and a citizen, even in Montgomery, Alabama."
Cultural transposition of that to now .......... look around you and what do you see which is worth standing up for (or sitting down for?)

It is usually minorities who get the dirty end of the laws or misuse of the laws. We only feel when we are in contact with humans who are in a minority .......... around me now - as I click - is a situation I cannot tell you about but is about those considered as 'untouchables' being disregarded and even deprived of basic human needs ......

God Bless Rosa Parks and may we learn from her life .........

‘Seek the Shalom of the city where I have sent you… and pray to the Lord on its behalf; for in its Shalom you will find your own Shalom.’

(Jeremiah 29: 6-7)