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Something Further on Ferguson: I Raise My Hands
Osheta Moore is a friend of ReKnew with a unique Kingdom vision. She is a voice you will want to be listening to. She wrote this sensitive and prophetic piece on her personal response to the death of Michael Brown and the subsequent events in Ferguson called I Raise My Hands: A Prayerful Response to Ferguson. This is a must-read. Let’s all stand in prayerful solidarity, hands raised in surrender and protest to the God who grieves with us and brings hope today.
From Osheta’s post: (but we beg you to click on the link above and read the entire article.)
Today, I raise my hands. These holy hands made holy to do the holy work of reconcillation in this sin-stained world. I raise my hands and ask God to redeem the violence, redeem the suffering, redeem the heartbreak in Ferguson. I raise my hands to thank him that he has overcome but to ask him to come, be present, and bring peace. With my hands in the air I pray, “By your wounds we are healed, Lord. Usher in healing for grieving families and the community of Ferguson.”
Today, I raise my hands, because perfect love casts out all fear and because Abba Father sees the suffering of his children. I raise my hands to bear witness to my brothers and sisters who were tear gassed and shot with rubber bullets. I raise my hands because my love for them is restless. I can’t do anything tangible with these hands, but raise them high. Lord, we are restless for change and anxious for hope. We are witnesses of injustice. We are the women at the foot of the cross, empower us to stay through the torment so that we can be present to bind up wounds and then—see resurrection.
Category: General
Tags: Ferguson, Michael Brown, Osheta Moore, Racial Reconciliation, White Privilege
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