Recently in an article by Marilyn McEntyree in Weavings called "Invitation to Insecurity," McEntryee wrote:
"To act in this world at all is to step into troubled waters without knowing their depth or the strength of the current.
Literature, from Homer and the Bible onward, provides a long rich record of those who waded into those waters, forefeiting common securities for the sake of adventure, obedience, curiosity, loyalty, or response to the call of God. Those are heroes. The villains can be recognized by, among other scurrilous traits, their appetite for control, their drive to provide for themselves and their own security over against that of the community. They protect their territory, their inheritance, their privilege, their interests."
I am grateful to be part of a spiritual community that is full of heroes who follow God obediently, curiously, adventuresomely--thinking more about others than self. We must remember that it is often in moments of crisis or trial that heroes are born. We need more heroes in the world. For the sake God and humanity we need more people stepping into the waters of insecurity, creativity, obedience, loyalty. Maybe even now you ask, "Is it I?"