Do you love me enough to let me go?
A new favorite song:
Oh, I'm a wandering soul;
I'm still walking the line that leads me home alone.
All I know, I've still got mountains to climb on my own, on my own.Do you love me enough to let me go?
Do you love me enough to let me go?
To let me follow through, to let me fall for you, my love.
Do you love me enough to let me go?Back from the dead of winter,
back from the dead and all our leaves are dry.
You're so beautiful tonight.Back from the dead we went through,
back from the dead and both our tongues are tied.
You look beautiful tonight.But every seed dies before it grows.
Do you love me enough to let me go?
Do you love me enough to let me go?
To let me follow through, to let me fall for you, my love.
Do you love me enough to let me go?Breathe it in, and let it go.
Every breath you take is not yours to own; it's not yours to hold.
Do you love me enough to let me go?Do you love me enough to let me go?
Do you love me enough to let me go?
To let me follow through, to let me fall for you, my love.
Do you love me enough to let me go?
- Switchfoot, "Enough to Let Me Go," from Hello Hurricane
Some personal thoughts on Rep. Gutierrez's immigration bill
The following is cross-posted from God's Politics and Faith and Immigration.
The room was hot and stifling and overcrowded, but the excitement was palpable as people gathered to witness the introduction of a new comprehensive immigration reform bill. I barely managed to squeeze in, edging through the throng of people who spilled into the hallways. And just in time.
A few moments later, a parade of Members of Congress filed in to cheers of “Yes, we can!” and “Sí, se puede!” from the immigrant families and members of clergy gathered behind the podium. And a few minutes later, flanked by members of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus, Black Caucus, Asian Pacific American Caucus, and Progressive Caucus, Congressman Luis Gutierrez (D-IL) introduced the Comprehensive Immigration Reform for America’s Security and Prosperity (CIR ASAP) Act of 2009.
In my involvement with Christians for Comprehensive Immigration Reform, I’ve heard many stories of the fallout of a broken immigration system: families separated, seemingly endless waiting periods for legal immigration, undocumented immigrants afraid to report a crime for fear of being detained and deported. This is not what it looks like to love our neighbors or to care for the strangers among us.
As the son of naturalized American citizens, I’ve benefited from the rights and freedoms that my parents earned for me with years of their lives. I played no part in the process of their naturalization, but I’ve been able to appreciate and enjoy the blessings. And so I feel the added weight of responsibility that comes with privilege: knowing that any blessing that is bestowed is for the purpose that others may be blessed, and remembering that God will hold us accountable for what we do with what we have received (Luke 12:48).
In response to the introduction of CIR ASAP, CCIR issued a press release, including statements of support from national and local Christian leaders for the principles guiding the bill. While there remain many hurdles before comprehensive immigration reform is finally passed, for me this bill marks one more encouraging step in the journey toward fulfilling our biblical mandates to love our neighbors as ourselves and to care for the stranger among us.
Let’s hope we see the destination in 2010.
Links of the Day, December 21
News
- Senate Democrats unite for a momentous health care vote!!
- Iranian reformist Ayatollah Montazeri passes away. His funeral is an occasion for more protests.
- Copenhagen gets mixed reviews.
Miscellaneous
- A heart-warming Christmas tale: a woman abandoned as a baby twenty years ago finds the people who found her.