Hunger Strike

Sometimes while in prayer or study I will get a secular song on my heart.  I think God speaks to us through any means necessary. He uses my love for all music to speak to me

The song I posted earlier today “Hunger Strike” has been in my head all day. Maybe partially because I started a Daniel Fast.

But then I started to think of the lyrics and it is speaking volumes to me. “I don’t mind stealing bread from the mouths of decadence.” Decadence is the decay of standards.  It is the transition from High to Low Standards.

“I don't mind stealing bread from the mouths of decadence
But I can't feed on the powerless when my cup's already overfilled
But it's on the table
The fire is cooking and they're farming babies, while the slaves are working
The blood is on the table and their mouths are chocking
But I'm growing hungry”

I think this describes our society perfectly. Corporations have become greed driven. Stock values and pleasing the investors is more important than the people who actually do the work, the people driving those profits are a disposable after thought. They days of getting out of school, finding a job and being able to support a family and one day retire are gone. My generation will be lucky if they can ever retire. At least most of the blue collar workers.

Cups are overfilled. But instead of spreading the excess down to the “slaves” people are storing away for the future generations of their family.  The cost of living has not stayed consistent with what is being handed down to the little guys. This is why the middle class is becoming scarce.

Some may call my attitude a spirit of “entitlement”. I call it a spirit of “survival”. There is something wrong in this world when those with money have enough to last the next 10 generations when the people working for them are struggling to put oil in the tank or food on the table.

So while people are arguing about the “Fiscal Cliff”, I thought I’d give my two cents and what was put on my heart.