Thursday, February 09, 2006
Bono Really Rocks
I had the privilege of attending the National Prayer Breakfast for the President in D.C. last week. Bono spoke--and WOW! I believe he may be a modern day prophet. He wouldn’t call himself one and definitely wouldn’t be seen as such in the establishment, BUT, he sees things and captures something in what he says and does like no one else. "I hope God is with us in our villa’s in France. I don’t know for sure, but I hope He is." He then lists all these things that we have as a wealthy country and wealthy people. Then, he says "I hope He’s with us, I don’t know He is, but I hope He is." Then he says, "But one thing I know for sure, the Bible says, God is with the poor."
He said he was cynical of church because one parent was Catholic and the other Protestant and all he saw as a child growing up in Ireland was how religion made people kill one another. He then saw the religious TV and viewed them as hucksters. He, then, was blown away at how we Americans keep asking God to bless us, and, yet, He has--the wealthiest people in the world. We are all rich.
He told us the US doesn’t even give 1% to the poor and then he challenged us to give another 1%--we could then touch the poor, the sick, etc. It was powerful and courageous. Rock on Bono--sing hard dude.
He said he was cynical of church because one parent was Catholic and the other Protestant and all he saw as a child growing up in Ireland was how religion made people kill one another. He then saw the religious TV and viewed them as hucksters. He, then, was blown away at how we Americans keep asking God to bless us, and, yet, He has--the wealthiest people in the world. We are all rich.
He told us the US doesn’t even give 1% to the poor and then he challenged us to give another 1%--we could then touch the poor, the sick, etc. It was powerful and courageous. Rock on Bono--sing hard dude.
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