Staying "within reach" of the poor and hurting and those who are often over looked, asking whom God has placed within your reach. It’s taking responsibility for myself in walking next to friends and neighbors who suffer from the snobbery and sometimes lousy neighboring of the dominant culture.There is a poem or creed central to community development philosophies embracing the idea of indigenous leadership. It states:

Go to the people

Live among them

Learn from them

Love them

Start with what they know

Build on what they have

But of the best leaders

When their task is done

The people will remark

We have done it ourselves

One of my favorite Bible verses is Proverbs 31: 8: "Speak up for those who cannot speak for themselves, for the rights of all who are destitute. Speak up and judge fairly; defend the rights of the poor and needy."

Who is someone that represents your proximity to injustice? Who is an indigenous minority leader you might come around and encourage?

Scott

Hard Bargain A beautiful Place to Live.

Story Thirteen; Within My Reach

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