Fast forward more than 40 years, and there's really not much different. Sure, schools are integrated, and it's no longer against the law to marry someone of a different race, and we have even elected a person of color to be the POTUS. But, we aren't that much further from where we were in 1970.
When Barack Obama was elected president in 2008, there were t-shirts printed that said, "Dream fulfilled." But, is that really true? Everytime I turn on the news, some sort of sad, sick, twisted event has gone down. More often times than not, it's race related. There's really no other reason. Skin color. Seriously. What's going on?
I've been guilty of staying quiet. Mainly because I either didn't really know what to say, or, I was worried that my words might come out wrong. I'm notorious for digging a deeper hole sometimes when I speak. I don't want to make things worse, so I don't say much.
I've been guilty of saying all lives matter. I truly believe that, too. I don't say that to diminish any one demographic. We are all image bearers. That's what I have meant when I say it. But, my God, we as a fallen world don't see that, or act like that, and it is just so, so very heartbreaking.
My prayer for a while now has been that God would open my eyes and give me His love for people. I want to see. I want to understand. I want this life, this world to be different.
I'm here with you. My heart breaks with and for you. I'm echoing the cries of so, so many. What's going on? Why are we moving backwards and not forwards?
Come quickly, Lord Jesus, come. But, until then, bind up the broken hearted, and hold us while we weep.
