{"id":1870,"date":"2013-07-14T20:16:00","date_gmt":"2013-07-14T20:16:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/admin.patheos.com\/blogs\/daffeythoughts\/2013\/07\/prayers-for-the-martin-and-zimmerman-families.html"},"modified":"2013-07-14T20:16:00","modified_gmt":"2013-07-14T20:16:00","slug":"prayers-for-the-martin-and-zimmerman-families","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/daffeythoughts\/2013\/07\/prayers-for-the-martin-and-zimmerman-families.html","title":{"rendered":"Prayers for the Martin and Zimmerman families"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

Yeah, that\u2019s all. \u00a0As tempting as it is to join with the media and other special interest groups to ramrod agendas at the expense of two human beings, it\u2019s nice to remember the old Christian notion that humans aren\u2019t convenient chattel only useful for the ramming of agendas. \u00a0A young man is dead. \u00a0Another young man\u2019s life is forever changed. \u00a0The dead young man had issues that may be ignored to the detriment of those who idolize him. \u00a0And yet, it appears he was doing nothing wrong in the neighborhood in which he breathed his last. \u00a0The living man is already subject to such hatred that it chills the bones to witness it. \u00a0And in it all, two families have had their lives forever turned upside down. \u00a0Two families who have done nothing at all wrong, no matter what the two young men were guilty of. \u00a0They will need all the prayers they can get. \u00a0Prayers for healing. \u00a0Prayers for peace. \u00a0Prayers for forgiveness. \u00a0Prayers for safety. \u00a0Prayers for justice. \u00a0The list goes on and on. <\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Yeah, that\u2019s all. \u00a0As tempting as it is to join with the media and other special interest groups to ramrod agendas at the expense of two human beings, it\u2019s nice to remember the old Christian notion that humans aren\u2019t convenient chattel only useful for the ramming of agendas. \u00a0A young man is dead. \u00a0Another young […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2805,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1870","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"\nPrayers for the Martin and Zimmerman families<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Yeah, that's all.  As tempting as it is to join with the media and other special interest groups to ramrod agendas at the expense of two human\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, 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