On Any Given Sunday

All week we fight. We fight insurance denials. We fight funding cuts. We fight service eliminations. We fight to make the world acknowledge and assign our children value, both monetarily and morally. Once, when fighting for a mobility lift, a representative from our state asked "Why does he HAVE to get out of bed?" I asked "Why do you?" There was no thought of my son being her equal.

These children, and all defenseless "useless" persons are being systemically dehumanized in our current culture. We find out everyday that my children have new and complex inner workings that we did not assign to them previously. Sometimes it's not so good, but either way, it proves that we should always err on the side of caution. If we as a culture assign value where there is none, our humanity has been upheld. If we deny value where it is present, both our humanity and those we keep are utterly lost. What happens when we lose our humanity along with those that we have been given?

In the presence of stripped humanity, the results are well documented, they include slavery, genoside, segregation, war, abortion, the Holocaust, drug addiction, homelessness, refugees, and every evil you can imagine. ALL of it. So today, and any given Sunday, we fight for our own humanity. We fight to keep the world from snatching it from us while we sit in traffic and sink into the grey of suffocating busyness. We fight the fight to get the kids to church. It takes hours and planning and a lot of effort. We don't always succeed. If our Sunday's were leisurely and we did it typical American fashion, being social hour, shaking hands, brunch and smiles, I wonder if we would appreciate it as much. People appreciate things they have to fight for. Through the week we fight for things, services and accountability. We fight the world. Sunday is day of rest from worldly pursuits. It is a time to just focus on eternity. Sunday's are a gift from Christ, and every Sunday is any given Sunday.