Solidarity Is Needed

Recently there are so much ra-ra about the the London bombs, NFK saga, Bloggers conference and even Xiaxue's blogs been hacked... etc which had kept Jon busy flipping through papers and reading various blogs for updates. However Jon received an email from a friend today and it opened up his eyes a bit.

The email came with a powerpoint attachment. It was actually a powerpoint clip of a short MTV which were aired once in the US and was banned.

The music is very nice and refreshing. The background picture surrounds the picture of the twin towers burning in flames. There are some words next to the flaming towers which reads, "2,863 people died during the terror attack and the world united against TERRORISM". This statement repeats 3 times in 3 different pictures during the clips.

The first picture shows a disheartened man sitting at the foreground and the words beside him reads, "40 million people died of HIV. The world united against terrorism. It should also be united against AIDS."

The second picture shows a lonely boy sitting at the foreground and the words beside him reads "824 million people starving in the world. The world united against terrorism. It should also be united against HUNGER."

The third picture shows a backview of a man standing at the foreground and the words beside him reads "630 million people homless. The world united against terrorism.It should also be united against POVERTY."

Jon can understand why a government would banned such MTV clips for the concerns of public dissent. But Jon feels that it is something that we have overlooked in our daily life which are filled with the all-too-boring-stuffs.

Looking at how the world united against terrorism over the last few years. One can calculate how much have been spent on wars, military, upgrading of security equipments, internal securities and even publicities on terrorism. But little has been done on the above mentioned... WHY?

Let Jon tells you why. To come together dealing with AIDS, POVERTY & HUNGER means total giving. Nothing can be taken from it for those who give. So it takes an extra effort or motivation to form a solidarity.

Jon feels this brings comparison to Christ followers who preach to people surrounding them without expecting in return. Some of them have been sowing in vain. Some got lost sowing. Some even got tired.

However, please rest assure that God's eyes are always on us as Paul has said in 2 Corinthians 4:16-18, "We do not lose hearts. Though outwardly we are wasting away, yet inwardly we are being renewed day by day. For our light and momentary troubles are achieving for us an eternal glory that far outweighs them all. So we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen. For what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal."

May all of you, and Jon too, be refreshed daily.

Amen