Story behind "Knocking"

"Knocking" (video, available for download) came about while I was reading a life-changing book called The Hole in our Gospel: What does God expect of us? The Answer that Changed my Life might just Change the World by Richard Stearns, President of World Vision.  Stearns discusses the disparity in wealth and opportunity across the world, and how we could do so much more to help impoverished people.One point he brought up was how we can't help where we were born.  It's an "accident of latitude" that I was born into a middle-class family in the US, where there's general access to good healthcare, higher education, and career advancement.  I began to imagine a girl my age born in a third world country.  It wasn't hard to do, since I'd been on mission trips to Honduras and the Dominican Republic.  I thought about how she may have the same dreams as me.  But I also reflected on all the differences in our circumstances, which would keep her from realizing those dreams.  I wanted this girl's voice (figuratively and literally) to be heard, as much as my own.But then I realized that I could be doing more to help her dream become a reality.  I get so consumed with making my own dreams come true (which they all have so far) and improving my life, that I forget about her dreams and how if I gave just a bit more, I could help improve her life in big ways.  Then I realized I forget about her because I don't see her.  She's not a part of my daily life.  But what if she were?  What if she came and knocked on my door, asking for help?  What if she were my sister or neighbor?  If I got to know her, her story, and her dreams, what would I do then?  I think my response and willingness to help would be very different.  But I don't want it to be.  I want to see her humanity even without meeting her face-to-face.  According to Scripture, she is my sister.  She is my neighbor.  She is my Lord, as Mother Teresa said, "in the distressing disguise of the poor."So I guess I need to picture people knocking on my door, because that is what they are doing in spirit.  I have opportunity and privilege; what matters is what I do with them.  It's an opportunity and privilege to love and show compassion.