Walk With Me

Sometimes whether I want it or not a song comes unbidden into my head and I can’t let it go.  Today the song is “Walk With Me.”  It’s a lovely song about the nature of the church in the hymnal  The Faith We Sing. Usually when I get stuck on a song it’s  my mind refusing to be quiet.  My mind, just like everyone's, doesn’t like quiet spaces and so it fills the space.   But today I think its more than that.  Today I keep singing the words over and over.  I think it’s a prayer.  “Walk with me, I will walk with you and build the land that God has planned where love shines through.” 

When I look at everything that our country is facing right now…two wars, a presidential election, economic woes beyond anything we’ve seen since the Great Depression and the rebuilding of cities and towns and industries after hurricanes and tropical storms…I see a need for each other.  I see the need to reach out to one another and walk through these days of uncertainty with the strength of our faith.  I see the need to take each other’s hand in fellowship and compassion.  I see the need to look beyond male and female, black or brown or white, democrat or republican.  I see the need to listen to one another, truly listen and respond with thoughtfulness.  I see the need to speak out against injustices not named in the press.  I see the need to walk with one another with values so basic we've forgotten them:  hospitality, justice, mercy, compassion and fellowship.   So…I make the invitation…”Walk with me and I will walk with you.”