"Whatever thoughts we have about God, who He is or even if God exists, most will agree that God has a special place for the poor. The poor are where God lives. God is in the slums, in the cardboard boxes where the poor play house. God is where the opportunity is lost and lives are shattered. God is with the mother who has infected her child with a virus that will take both their lives. God is under the rubble of the cries that we hear during wartime. God, my friends, is with the poor. And God is with us, if we are with them." ( Bono at the NAACP Awards )
Thanks to JR Woodward for the heads up, you can have a listen and watch the whole speech over at his site...I was moved by Bono's words...and by the contrast between worlds.
My age bracket has me in a position where I'm afraid I have never heard of Bono other than what comes to me via things like what you share here. The more I read, though, the more I like this guy......
Also really enjoyed the thoughts expressed in the poem shared in your last post, Ron.
Posted by: jim | March 09, 2007 at 12:11 PM