Making the change . . .

2nd Sunday of Advent also One-Year Bible 12/01/11

2 Peter 3:9, 13, 15
9 The Lord . . . is patient with you, not wanting any to perish, but all to come to repentance. 13 In accordance with God’s promise we strive for new heavens, a new earth where all do the right thing. 15 And regard the patience of our Lord as salvation. The Huffington Post Friday, December 2, 2011 reports: “After a bank issued an eviction notice for a home in Northwest Atlanta, sheriff's deputies and movers went to the residence to remove the people who lived there. But when they found Vinia Hall, 103, and her daughter, Vita Lee, 83, the movers and deputies decided not to follow through with it.”

The efforts of the “Occupy Movement” are a witness. Evil in the form of corporate greed such as unscrupulous real estate transactions, layoffs and job exports is not the last word. God has just human beings who in accordance with their faith, love, and human decency will act and protest on behalf of the poor and marginalized. Each such act in the language of 2 Peter 3:8-15, “hastens God’s new day, new heaven and new earth.” These acts serve to inform and guide others in real concrete repentance—turning away from and standing against all forms of injustice (sin). They are also signs for those engaged wittingly and unwittingly in creating suffering and misery; that Love is there for them too. It’s not too late to make a change.