Bright light city gonna set my soul, Gonna set my soul on fire.... 

Don't go singing Elvis yet. I need you to concentrate. 

A friend of mine who shares a love for New York posted a disturbing picture on Facebook yesterday. The Empire State Building was recently lit up with this creepy image. Buzzfeed called it "stunning".  

An artwork exhibition called "Projecting Change" was displayed in New York City the first week of August.  Filmmaker Louie Psihoyo along with Obscura Digital sought out to raise awareness for endangered animals. The now famous Cecil the Lion amongst other animals were featured in bright lights. 

It was the the concluding image by artist Android Jones however that has raised the most interest; that of a goddess with three eyes and a long red tongue. 

Research shows the image to be that of the Hindu goddess Kali. The Ancient History Encyclopedia describes her as the "goddess of death, time and doomsday". Other text refers to her as the "Dark Mother". The most common paintings show Kali holding a severed head. Her skirt is made up of severed arms. Decapitated heads are on a chain around her neck. She wears dead children earrings. 

More can be said of her like the story of how her tongue drips with blood from the demons she has swallowed. 

Sounds like the perfect endangered animal advocate to me. (Insert eye-roll) 

I fight fear (on a daily basis I might add) in reaction to reports of things of this nature. Beheadings in Iraq and Syria weigh on my heart.  I fight anger watching the Planned Parenthood videos and reading about our world's current refugee crisis. 
But mostly I battle sorrow at the response, or lack thereof, at such events. Lord, break our hearts for what breaks yours. 

Instinct tells me to stay knotted-up about such matters. I find myself too often shaking my head at things I witness. What?! Why in the world?....

The bright lights of New York City, and growing apathy in such matters as the value of human life, tells me that prayer is the answer to all of our questions. 
Millions grope in darkness, in this day and hour 

I will be a witness, fill me with thy power

Set our souls on fire, LORD. 

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