This might not be righteous anger...but maybe.

It makes me 

irate

Irate

I-RATE

when I see or hear of something being done

to someone who is either

powerless

or

unprepared  

    to prevent it. 

oh, OH so IRATE.

Please, God, make me so aware

that if I ever feel tempted

to make fun of

or demean

or intentionally puff myself up over

or again fail to stand up for

those who are significantly less privileged that I am,

particularly those who are

foreign to this country and are earnestly,

         truly earnestly trying to make good for their loved ones...*

or those who have no ability to live independently

         and are completely reliant on others for a safe, functional life,

You would so bluntly deliver me such an

incredible and unmistakable

kick in the pants**,

that I'd be forever humbled and irreversibly changed in my ways.

Thanks, both in advance and in retrospect.***

* Who in this country HASN'T come, in some way, from this background?!

I am not a proponent of illegal immigration, but I see it as incredibly honorable to sacrifice life and limb to try to work for the good of one's family. 

** I'd use another word here if honorable to God,

considering this is how strong I feel about it.

*** After actually reading this post I just wrote, it's a little scary to ask for such a thing from God.  He delivered on my request for my husband ("God, please don't let me date anyone again until it's my husband," circa 2004).  A grace-filled kick in the pants would be preferred, although grace-filled is not never deserved.