Accusing Tones

Flipping through the channels, I stumbled across an old TV show that used to be one of my favorites, its title? 7th Heaven. The episode started out just as I had remembered, with fighting siblings and secrets from each other, a whole bunch of mystery surrounding each one of the Camden family members. But it was one kid in particular that caught my eye during this episode, Simon, and it wasn't even really him, but his new found friend Rudy. A janitor at his school, who was a very kind and gentle older man. Rudy was diligent about all his work, he did what he was told, he listened, and he talked when needed. This man spread love on Simon and confided in him with an air of confidence I haven't seen lately.

Rudy wasn't just listening to Simon though, he was listening to God speaking. A tiny voice in his head telling this willing man to go places, do things, and talk to people. A dangerous mission. One that Rudy wasn't aware was God, nor dangerous until talking with Simon's dad, Rev. Camden.

This simple man started listening to the voice and doing all sorts of things that the principal and the board called crazy, and they all held a meeting threatening to fire him. Yet Rudy continued to listen, he did not give up hope. He went on to clean the bleachers at 11 p.m. the night before a band competition, because the voice told him to. The bleachers collapsed and the principal wanted to have Rudy arrested, yet Rudy had just saved the lives of hundreds of students that would have walked on those bleachers just 8 hours later. God had sent him to save those children. And spread a message.

God doesn't always come as a voice, loud and dominate. But what if he does? What if that voice in our head is him? It is. The sad part, the part that wrenched my heart, and sent me into a complete and total frazzle, was the fact that these people didn't see God, they didn't believe that God could do this. They simply did not believe.

I cannot sit back and watch people continue to ignore God calling. I can't sit here in fear and be too afraid to speak up about what God is saying, what God is doing in our lives. I simply cannot refuse to acknowledge him. He created us. He created this world. He created that message for us. How can we ignore that?

I simply cannot.