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June 27, 2005

Blogs that whisper...

 

             
   
She writes the words on the page, not knowing that her thoughts; the insignificant musings of a teenager will resonate so loudly with generations to come. Her message? "In spite of everything that has happened, I still believe that people are really good at heart." In the midst of hate, Anne Frank wrote her diary.

The comparisons are hard not to make. The small voice of a teenager compared with the giant powerful voice of a dictator. The voice of hope compared to the voice of death. In the end, these voices both made giant impacts of our history. Which voice do you hear more easily? The whisper of a child in hiding or the frantic yelling of a murderer?

Which voices of this era will resonate with our descendents? The putrid vile of hate from extremists who hate this country and continue to try to tear it apart? Or will it be the voices of reason, the small voices that whisper in the wind?

Will we pass on the firefighters who went back into those towers because people needed to be saved; only to tragically die themselves? Or will our mantra be "Bush lied, people died"? Will we be defined by the events of September 11th? Or will that event be written in our history books as "well-deserved" pay back? Will our troops be honored or will the message "we support our troops when they kill each other" be our cry? Will Michael Moore, George Soros, Howard Dean be revered as American Heroes? Or George W. Bush, Donald Rumsfield and our men and women sacrificing everything for America be esteemed? What will our history be? Which voices will persevere?

Which voices will die? Anne Frank's voice never died...it continues today. Her whispers made in an attic drown out the screams of a dictator.
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Great blog you found there! Great post! I'm back from vacation and ready to roll. I've got a petition for you to sign when you get a chance

Posted by: Jay at June 28, 2005 05:57 PM

Powerful post. It was a whisper of reason, against the screams of death. Thank you for linking to it.

Posted by: epiphany at June 30, 2005 09:47 PM

Permit me to quote at length a story on this theme that has always moved me:
"Ahab told Jezebel all that Elijah had done,
and how he had slain all the prophets [of Baal] with the sword.
Then Jezebel sent a messenger to Elijah, saying,
'So may the gods do to me, and more also,
if I do not take your life as the life of one of them by this time tommorrow.'
Then he was afraid,
and he arose and fled for his life...
...a day's journey into the wilderness,
and came and sat down under a broom tree;
and he asked that he might die, saying,
'It is enough;
now, O LORD, take away my life;
for I am no better than my fathers.
[I must die sometime and it might as well be now]'...
...and the angel of the LORD came again a second time, and touched him, and said,
'Arise and eat, else the journey will be too great for you.'
And he arose again, and ate, and drank,
and went on the strength of that food forty days and forty nights
to Sinai the Mount of God.
And there he came to a cave, and lodged there;
and behold, the Word of the LORD came to him, and He said to him,
'What are you doing here, Elijah?'
He said, 'I have been very jealous for the LORD, the God of Hosts;
for the people of Israel have forsaken Thy covenant,
thrown down Thy altars,
and slain Thy prophets with the sword;
and I,
even I only,
am left;
and they seek my life to take it away.'
And He said,
'Go forth,
and stand upon the mount before the LORD.'
And behold,
the LORD passed by,
and a great and strong wind rent the mountains,
and broke in pieces the rocks before the LORD,
But the LORD was not in the wind;
and after the wind an earthquake,
But the LORD was not in the earthquake;
and after the earthquake a fire,
But the LORD was not in the fire;
and after the fire a still gentle whisper.

And when Elijah heard it,
he wrapped his face in his mantle
and went out and stood at the entrance of the cave...

And the LORD said to him,
'Go, return on your way to the wilderness of Damascus; and when you arrive,
you shall anoint Hazael king over Syria;
and Jehu the son of Nimshi you shall anoint king over Israel;
and Elisha the son of Shaphat of Abelmeholah you shall anoint prophet in your place.

And him who escapes from the sword of Hazael shall Jehu slay;
and him who escapes from the sword of Jehu shall Elisha slay.

Yet I will leave seven thousand in Israel,
all the kneew that have not bowed to Baal,
and every mouth that has not kissed him.'"
I Kings 19:1-18

A lot of winds blow (and I am writing from the Windy City, a reference to our politicians), seismic shake ups come and go on the political scene, but small still voices demolish mountains.
Ahab and Jezebel made names for themselves in history, bywords. So did Elijah, whose return many sought and seek. If nothing else, blogs let us talk to those whose have refused to bow and kiss the Baals of our age.

Posted by: Isa Almisry at July 2, 2005 11:56 AM
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