Bono speaks at the National Prayer Breakfast in D.C.

The lead singer of one of my favorite bands, "U2" spoke at the 54th Annual National Prayer Breakfast on the 2nd of February. Bono's words were humorous, insightful, and nothing less then powerfully convicting. He challenges the US nation, along with the world to not just live up to human law, but to step up to, "a higher law."

One of Bono's sobering comments points to where God is and challenges us to position ourselves there as well. He says,

"I mean, God may well be with us in our mansions on the hill- I hope so. He may well be with us as in all manner of controversial stuff-maybe, maybe not- But the one thing we can all agree, all faiths and ideologies, is that God is with the vulnerable and poor."
"God is in the slums, in the cardboard boxes where the poor play house- God is in the silence of a mother who has infected her child with a virus that will end both their lives- God is in the cries heard under the rubble of war- God is in the debris of wasted opportunity and lives, and God is with us if we are with them."

Here is a man who is chasing after God, and knows where to find Him- "God is with the vulnerable and poor." And he challenges us to go there and do something about it. Bono has no seminary degree, does not choose to be titled a Christian, yet believes in the One Almighty God, and his life shows it more then most. Dare this entice me to get out those old albums and put away the Christian "self-help" books? After reading so many, there are times I'm tempted to say,
"I still haven't found what I'm looking for."

You can listen to Bono's address at the Prayer Breakfast and then leave a comment below to carry on the discussion.

(thnx. art for pointing me to this!)
j.