Sometimes I wonder how we get so up in arms and culturally empathetic with people in other countries. But cant do that in our own backyard. We rushed to Haiti. We Adopt in Asia. We empathize with Africa. But struggle to humanize our struggles here in the states. Some people are responding out of hurt and are met with smug responses. If I tell you my brother got killed in a gang war, would you tell me Thats what he gets! Shouldnt be gang banging! Of course not. As a Christian I see a Jesus empathize with the MOST undeserving people ever. He offers a thief on the cross a home in Paradise. He dies for a rioting mob of angry killers. He looks upon a sinful world with compassion. And here we stand saying we believe that and all the while unfazed at the pain of a community. Offering statements that dont comfort but only add salt to a wound we refuse to see. Its hurtful. I dont want anything to do with that kind of Churchianity. When, I lost respect for you! is said toward my expression of pain, all I hear is Get over it! If only it were that easy. If you are disappointed in me. Well you clearly cant understand my pain. This Ferguson case was a mascot for something much bigger. Something people want to hope for. A dream. A dream that has been etched in our hearts for hundreds of years. A dream yet unrealized. If this is incoherent its cause its written by an imperfect hurting human being.
Posted on: Tue, 25 Nov 2014 05:53:32 +0000
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