A song, a song, a christmas carol song, being sung by a choir of current cons. (I hope you incorporated the title and sang that sentence). Ironically to you (maybe), such a sound is absolutely beautiful. As I sit in my office two doors down from a room filled with 20 inmates, gathered together to sing songs of worship and hear the gospel through a program known world-wide as Prison Men's Fellowship.
Though I may be one of two chaplains here at the Regina Provincial Correctional Centre I do not sit in on these meetings. The group is facilitated by a group of gentlemen that have been doing this longer than I know.
As I sit and hear the voices of these men singing Silent Night I can't help but know, yes know, that God is at work in their lives. Yes some may re-enter the system in the future, but like everyone else the love that one feels towards God is never an instantaneous event, it takes time.
Who are you? Where are you? What are you doing to be a blessing to someone this year?
It doesn't matter who you are, where you are, we all can do something to show God's tenderness and love for humankind. If you've ever known someone who messed up, been to jail, dropped-out of school, become mentally-ill and/or addicted to something reach out and Bless them. Remember its God's love we are called to show first, not ours. He loved us even when we spat in His face, why wouldn't we pay it forward? Our love, our ability to love is always measured with conditions (even though we may claim to possess an unconditional love), we are imperfect and prone to judge improperly, but if we can put forth the love of God to someone that we may normally tend to think that they don't deserve it, we will be doing a better job at being Christ-like to someone else.
