Well... I was not only reading the wrong half but was doing so with the wrong mindset.
Connor posted some Donne and tho Donne speaketh with a thicke sixteenth century accent, I am yet able to kin that of whiche he hath spake.
But I couldn’t do the same with Gibran although he wrote less than a century ago. Guess it’s just me since nobody had a problem.
Macauley Rivera, one of my dearest friends in Bible college, had a passion for the Savior. His hearts desire was to graduate, marry his fiancée Sharon, return to the inner city of Washington, DC, and plant a church to reach his friends and family for Christ.
That dream ended, however, when Mac and Sharon were tragically killed in an accident, leaving the student body stunned at the loss. At Macs memorial service, the challenge was issued: Mac is gone. Who will serve in his place? As evidence of the impact of Macs example, more than 200 students stood to take up the mantle of Christs fallen servant.
The response of those students echoes the commitment of Isaiah. In a time of fear and insecurity, the prophet was summoned into the throne room of God, where he heard Him say, Whom shall I send, and who will go for Us? Isaiah responded, Here am I! Send me (Isa. 6:8).
God still calls men and women to be His ambassadors today. He challenges us to serve Himsometimes close to home, sometimes in distant lands. The question for us is, How will we respond to His call? May God give us the courage to say, Here am I! Send me.