Chinese proverb--"The one who says it can't be done should get out of the way of the one who is doing it."

What do you see when you look at the pain and suffering in the world? Do you se a malnourished child--or a future farmer? A child without schooling--or a potential teacher? Do you see a frightened child huddling in a refugee campt--or do you see a prospective leader? When you look into the faces of the poor, the marginalized, and the downtrodden, do you se hopelssnes--or people made in the very Image of God, with the prospects of a hope-filled future ahead of them? We, as Christ-f0llowers, can look at our broken world, shrug our shoulders, and say, "That's just the way things are." Or we can instead embrace a vision of what could be--if we would each pitch in.

Jesus said, "I tell you the truth, if you have faith as small as a mustard seed, you can say to this mountain, 'Move from here to ther' and it will move. Nothing will be impossible for you" (Matthew 17:20).

I always thought this verse was just an exaggeration that Jesu was making in order to make a point about the power of faith. We can't literally move mountains... can we?

But what if Jesus means for millions of His followers to each put their faith into action by grabbing a shovel--and challenging the mountain one shovelful at a time? Any mountain CAN be moved--even the ones called Poverty, or Hunger, or Injustice--if we have enough people "shoveling".

Robert Kennedy once said, "There are those who look at things the way they are, and ask why... I dream of things that never were, and ask why not?"

Perhaps, it is all just a matter of perspective.