Quote Commentary 10...Leeland Mooring

There are many prodigal sons
On our city streets they run
Searching for shelter
There are homes broken down
People’s hopes have fallen to the ground
From failures
This is an emergency

--Leeland Mooring "Tears of the Saints"

Leeland Mooring is the lead singer and songwriter for Contemporary Christian Rock Band Leeland. This comes from there first album The Sound of Melodies.

This song came to mind amidst an intense Wednesday night service delivered by a wise man spewing with a newfound since of urgency. Well, not newfound, more like recently sharpened into an uncomfortable and burdensome yet prosperous passion. Going home I listened to the song ringing in my head. The verses are great and they ring true to the critical state of the world, reminding us that it isn't a game, but a dire emergency. But the chorus of this beautful song trash the second step that follows realizing we are in a mad state of peril. Responsibility. The chorus goes on to somberly say, "Hear the tears of the saints, for the lost and unsaved, they're crying for them come back home."

Well Saints of America, it will take a lot more than your do-nothing lamentations to make a change in the prodigal's doomed anecdote. Blood is hard to wash from your hands, but it comes as long as we ignore it on theirs. This is an emergency and it's time to answer the call.