Seems Like Somebody Would Have Noticed
If This Is Not A Place. . .
If this is not a place where tears are understood, Then where shall I go to cry? And if this is not a place where my spirit can take wings, Then where shall I go to fly? I don't need another place for trying to impress you With just how good and virtuous I am. I don't need another place for always being on top of things; Everybody knows that it's a sham. I don't need another place for always wearing smiles, Even when it's not the way I feel. I don't need another place to mouth the same old platitudes; Everybody knows that it's not real. So if this is not a place where my questions can be asked, Then where shall I go to seek? And if this is not a place where my heart cry can be heard, Where, tell me where, shall I go to speak? So if this is not a place where tears are understood, Where shall I go, where shall I go to fly? -- Ken Medema
Interesting last line... "nobody notices..." You can be sure Someone notices!
ReplyDeleteMaybe the sadder thing here is that we've all failed to notice, or concern ourselves with, the spiritually dead among us.
ReplyDeleteNaomi,
ReplyDeleteEven before I read your comment, the first thought that struck me was...
How many spiritually dead are we ignoring? How many of these are our neighbors, or perhaps even sitting in the same pew Sunday after Sunday being ignored by the rest of us.
ISN'T IT AMAZING THAT A LOWLY OFFICE CLEANER WAS THE ONE WHO NOTICED?
ReplyDeleteCleaners are in demand in this tourism oriented neck of the woods.
ReplyDeleteNothing lowly about a one of them
Couldn't anyone SMELL the decomp??????
ReplyDeleteThis article looks (and smells) a little fishy to me. You're right, Keetha, there would have been a horrible stench--unless they kept that office below freezing! Even something as small as a dead squirrel in the house would stink after a couple of days.
ReplyDeleteI think Mark just tossed this out to see what we'd do with it. :)
True or Not, this is something we should all think about.
ReplyDeleteNo biological family, no church family, no workplace family...
What a lonely, forsaken guy. Would we have noticed?
Cleaner, janitors, custodial workers are definitely not lowly. I think anonymous was just jabbing at all the other executives or workers with important titles who probably looked on this man and the office cleaner as people who are really not important. Not important enough to take a second for them to notice.
ReplyDeleteI think the real moral of the story is, you should care enough to say hi to the people around you. We always think that it's always related to telling them about Jesus, but it's also about caring about how they're doing period. Read James 2:14-17
ReplyDelete"it's also about caring about how they're doing period."
ReplyDeleteYES, AMEN!
Some of us love to talk about who we know that is famous. I guess what really matters is who we have not taken the time to know.
ReplyDeleteThe moral of the story is to keep busy at work -- that way people will notice if you're dead
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