Songs of Change - Peacemaking
Wednesday 2-17-2016
Wednesday 2-17-2016
"Blowin' in the Wind" was originally released in 1962, written and performed by Bob Dylan, but the most popular recording came from Peter, Paul and Mary in 1963. While clearly a protest song, it does not specifically identify one social issue rather instead poses that the answer to all the questions about war, peace and freedom are "blowin in the wind".As the times have continued, the song has become nostalgic for generations of people that seem befuddled by the controversies and problems of their times. In 1997, after Bob Dylan performed the song in a Roman Catholic Mass, Pope John Paul II reinterpreted the words to reference the "wind of the spirit" that leads people to Christ.
As we are studying and focusing upon the prophets I want to remind you of Ezekiel and the dry bones.
Then he said to me, "Speak a prophetic message to the winds, son of man. Speak a prophetic message and say, 'This is what the Sovereign LORD says: Come, O breath, from the four winds! Breathe into these dead bodies so they may live again.'"
Ezekiel 37:9
In the new song "This Ends Today" Erica Garner and Stephen Flagg sing about Eric Garners last words "I Can't Breathe".
I know that God uses the wind to flower the earth, bring on autumn, breathe new life into our sometimes lifeless bodies, but maybe God uses the wind also to question the ills of our world.
Prayer for today....Holy Spirit, may your wind breathe into us, holy moments of clarity that bring justice, kindness and grace to your desperately needy world. Amen.
