Friday, September 7, 2001
Friday, September 7, 2001
These are the things that you shall do: Speak the truth to one another,
render in
your gates judgments that are true and make for peace,
His people looked at him coldly and walked away. They began to call him Sagdluk,
meaning The
Liar, and this name he carried in shame to his grave. Long before his death his original
name was
entirely forgotten.
Sometime later another Eskimo named Mitek also visited New York, where he saw
many things
for the first time and was impressed. Later, upon his return, he recalled the tragedy of
Sagdluk,
and decided that it would not be wise to tell the truth.
So he told his people how he paddled a kayak on the banks of a great river, the
Hudson, and how,
each morning, he hunted ducks, geese and seals. Mitek, in the eyes of his countrymen,
was
a very honest man. His neighbors treated him with rare respect.
History is replete with misunderstood geniuses, tortured artists and unappreciated
prophets.
Society is often unprepared for truth, but we still must speak the truth in love.
(Zechariah 8:16
NRSV)
A certain Eskimo man was taken on one of the expeditions to the North Pole a number
of years
ago. Later, as a reward for faithful service, he was brought to New York City for a short
visit.
He was amazed at what he saw. When he returned to his native village, he told stories
of
buildings that rose into the very face of the sky; of streetcars, which he described as
houses that
moved along the trail, with people living in them as they moved; of mammoth bridges,
artificial
lights, and all the other dazzling sights to be seen in the Big Apple of that day.
Lord Jesus, guard me as I speak your truth. Amen.
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