"Let us not seek to satisfy our thirst for freedom by drinking from the cup of bitterness and hatred." Martin Luther King from "I Have a Dream"
"He said in reply, 'You shall love the Lord, your God, with all your heart, with all your being, with all your strength, and with all your mind, and your neighbor as yourself. '"(Luke 10:27)
"All we are saying is give peace a chance." John Lennon
Will this killing ever stop? Five police officer killed who were just doing their jobs in Dallas. Innocent men trying to make their world a safer place by protecting it!
Blacks being killed by the police that are called to protect them!
Innocent people in a gay dance club, there just to have a good time, gunned down due to hatred towards them and their life style!
When will this hatred and violence stop?
We're living in a country where the culture of death has been growing, growing and growing. We live in a country that, since the 1973 disastrous Supreme Court decision, Roe v Wade, made the killing of innocent children in the womb legal. Violence in this country seems to have grown and gotten worse since 1973. Blessed Mother Teresa of Calcutta once said, "We must not be surprised when we hear of murders, of killings, of wars, of hatred. If a mother can kill her own child, what is left but for us to kill each other."
We are all called to bring peace into the world, as John Lennon says, "Give peace a chance." Our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ calls us to not only love God, but to love our neighbor as ourselves. Our neighbors are those around us. Our neighbors are the police officers called to protect us, our neighbors are those who "look" different than us: they are the blacks, the whites, all those who call America home. Our neighbors are those who are in the LGBTQ community. We must love and respect all people regardless of who they are and how they choose to live their lives!
We are called, as Dr. King tells us, to not seek to satisfy our thirst for freedom by drinking from the cup of bitterness and hatred. Dr. King is teaching us to love and respect all people, and to make the world a better place through this mutual love and respect..
Further, we are called to end the violence of abortion, and realize that what we are killing is a human being. Once this is done, maybe we can move on to make this world a better and safer place for all people.
Black lives matter, white lives matter, police lives matter, LGBTQ lives matter! And human lives in the mother's womb matter!
Give peace a chance!
Good post! I wish everyone would realize that EVERYONE'S lives matter--no exceptions!
ReplyDeleteI think a lot of people don't realize that when we view ANY life as dispensable EVERY life is potentially at risk! So one way to end violence would be to promote a culture of LIFE from conception through natural death--NO EXCEPTIONS!
Then we have to do something about guns. Gun control is not a panacea. But more has to be done to close up the loopholes in our current gun control laws and do more to make sure that criminals, potential terrorists, and people with a history of psychiatric disorders who could inflict violence on themselves or others don't get hold of guns.
Next, we need better mental health care. People are released from mental hospitals too soon without proper follow up and many need supervision and need follow up to ensure they take their medication regularly at the proper dosage.
Finally we need to curb violence in media and especially get rid of interactive violent computer games and interactive violent video games in which people act out violent fantasies and practice violence.