{"id":608,"date":"2009-08-14T15:56:18","date_gmt":"2009-08-14T20:56:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/hungerrumblings\/?p=608"},"modified":"2009-08-14T15:56:18","modified_gmt":"2009-08-14T20:56:18","slug":"for-all-the-saints","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/worldhunger\/for-all-the-saints\/","title":{"rendered":"For All The Saints!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 This being my last official day working for ELCA World Hunger, I thought it appropriate for me to offer a few words in this web dialogue. \u00a0We have read much in this space about the people who benefit from this ministry, the systems that bring about suffering, organizations that have received grants, and we have been pressed to consider lifestyle changes.\u00a0 Please, take a moment to think about those who make this work possible, the ones who faithfully share what God has entrusted to them.\u00a0 Lutherans who write checks, and give credit card numbers, all the while praying for the poor, the hungry, the sick, the imprisoned, and those who render care.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Without any fear of over simplifying I will say they are saints!\u00a0 They walk humbly with God as they do justice and love mercy.\u00a0 Whether it is Edith in Seattle, Leo in northern Wisconsin, the dancing doctor and his wife in Tuscon, or now retired Jerry in the heartland, they all understand the concept of giving.\u00a0 They wear housecoats and\/or suit coats. They have hands that are grease stained or tremor from years of hard work.\u00a0 Some go through life quietly (a recognizable Lutheran trait) doing whatever they can, while others stand on the steps of state capitals leading chants.\u00a0 Common to them all is that they rise every day, pick up their crosses, and follow Jesus into the kingdom of God.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 There are many effective humanitarian causes that do the same work as we do.\u00a0 They have great networks and are able to raise, through donations or federal grants, huge sums of cash. \u00a0Our co-worker saints are different in that they believe that each act performed is incrementally advancing the spread of the kingdom of God.\u00a0 They hear the words of Matt 6:33 (NRSV) \u201c<em>But strive first for the kingdom of God<a href=\"void(0);\"><sup>*<\/sup><\/a> and his<a href=\"void(0);\"><sup>*<\/sup><\/a> righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well<\/em>.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 In that kingdom God\u2019s justice, established in the creation event, orders all things.\u00a0 (Thank you brother George)\u00a0 Martin Luther speaks to this with his teaching on the Lord\u2019s Prayer in the Small Catechism, \u201cThy kingdom come. <em>What does this mean?<\/em>&#8212; The kingdom of God comes indeed without our prayer, of itself; but we pray in this petition that it may come unto us also. <em>How is this done?<\/em>&#8211;When our heavenly Father gives us His Holy Spirit, so that by His grace we believe His holy Word and lead a godly life here in time and yonder in eternity.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The faithful who give and give and give do so leading a godly life in this time. 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