Essays, Art and Plays by Dan

HEAR THE WORD OF THE LORD.

Hear it in the street.
Hear it in the noise.
Hear it before the sun goes down.

Thus says the Lord:
This is an age of crowds and a famine of recognition.
This is a city full of bodies and empty of seeing.
People pass one another like shadows, and souls starve in plain sight.

I ask you a question—not from curiosity, but from heaven:
When was the last time you were kind to a stranger?
Not politeness.
Kindness.
The kind that stops the clock.
The kind that says, I see you. You matter.

The world moves fast—yes—but that is not an excuse.
It is a symptom.
Speed has become a god.
Distraction has become a liturgy.
And invisibility has become the daily wound of the human heart.

But this is not God’s way.

God does not rush past the broken.
God does not scroll.

Hear the word of the Lord:
Every human being you pass is bearing a hidden burden.
Every face you ignore is fighting a private war.
Every stranger is your neighbor—whether you acknowledge them or not.

The Scripture declares—not suggests, not negotiates:
“Love thy neighbor as thyself.”

Not tomorrow.
Not when convenient.
Not when you feel spiritual.

Now.

The world teaches you to protect yourself.
God commands you to pour yourself out.

The world says, Mind your business.
God says, Become the miracle.

The world fills the air with noise.
But God is listening for music.

Hear this:
You are not called to fix the whole song.
You are called to be the note that changes the air.

One look.
One word.
One act of mercy.
One moment of courage.

That is how revivals begin.
That is how cities heal.
That is how the Kingdom advances—quietly, powerfully, relentlessly.

Now hear the command of the Lord.

Before the sun sets today—
Not this week.
Not someday.
Today.

You will perform one deliberate act of kindness for a stranger.
You will stop.
You will see.
You will speak life.

If you obey, blessing will follow you into places you did not expect.
If you refuse, the world grows colder—and you grow harder.

This is the hour of awakening.
This is the moment of decision.
This is the call.

Do not pass by.
Do not look away.
Do not delay.

Go.
Be the note.
Be the witness.
Be the love that proves God is still walking these streets.