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<\/a><\/div>\nWhen I left for DC on July 3, my emotions ran high. Excitement was what I felt first and foremost as I anticipated spending\u00a0some much needed time with\u00a0my daughter, her husband, and\u00a0our second grandbaby. And if the plan panned out, I would also\u00a0behold a host of historical sites, monuments, and documents\u00a0I\u2019ve been longing to\u00a0behold since I was \u2026 oooohhhh \u2026. ten. <\/p>\n
That\u2019s 33 years of wishin\u2019 and hopin\u2019 and thinkin\u2019 and prayin\u2019 for a grand ol\u2019 tour. <\/p>\n
And yet, I also felt a sense of dread.\u00a0As if\u00a0maybe\u00a0the experience\u00a0wouldn\u2019t be everything I dreamed\u00a0of in the midst of\u00a0incessant culture wars, including the uproar of legalized gay marriage a week prior to my departure, thanks to the majority of SCOTUS who apparently\u00a0view themselves as\u00a0the\u00a0Supreme Christ, rather than Supreme Court.<\/p>\n
Ugh. <\/p>\n
I honestly wondered if people would be biting and scratching each other in front of the White House,\u00a0or if blacks and whites would be yelling at one another in front of the Capitol building. Would there be angry protestors ripping, tearing,\u00a0or burning the Confederate flag? Would they be burning my American flag and\u00a0flying\u00a0their rainbow flags, mocking\u00a0my merciful God? What sort of vitriol would be coursing through the streets? <\/p>\n
The hate and anger\u00a0I saw on my iPhone screen thousands of miles away was what I anticipated seeing first hand. <\/p>\n
But you know what? People were kind. Blacks talked to whites and whites talked to blacks as if\u00a0skin color didn\u2019t matter. When a black fella entered the same elevator as us, and\u00a0my grandbaby stared at him\u00a0like he was from\u00a0Jupiter, I chuckled and\u00a0said, \u201cDon\u2019t take it personally. He literally\u00a0stares at\u00a0everyone he comes across.\u201d The man joined in my laughter and proceeded to tell us a few things about his own\u00a0family. <\/p>\n
Nobody was protesting anything. From what I saw, American and non-Americans were genuinely interested in viewing our nation\u2019s rich history and godly foundation, whether they agreed with the\u00a0truths it\u00a0was built on or not. I can\u2019t say\u00a0strangers chummed around with strangers like\u00a0they were long lost\u00a0bosom buddies, but cordiality was definitely a thing. <\/p>\n
What is my point with all this mushy gushy rhetoric about people getting along? Just this: Perhaps the media is blowing things wildly out of proportion. Or at the very least,\u00a0we are suckers \u2013 willingly provoked to unhealthy personal levels and therefore, national levels. <\/p>\n
There\u2019s no doubt that Dylan Roof was a racist and\u00a0killed innocent blacks.<\/p>\n
There\u2019s no doubt that\u00a0SCOTUS abused their authority by legalizing gay marriage.\u00a0People are mad.\u00a0The writer\u00a0is mad and\u00a0prepared to\u00a0kabong\u00a0you on the head with\u00a0a bell ringer. See? <\/p>\n
<\/a><\/div>\nBut the basic<\/em> fact is,\u00a0Americans are still, for the most part<\/em>, respectful of\u00a0one another.\u00a0Large masses of Americans are living peaceably with one another. Bitterness is present, but not prevalent<\/strong>. Racism is deep in the hearts of a few. Racism is not deep in the heart of what we do as a whole. And what we do<\/em> speaks louder than what\u00a0the media\u00a0reports about a few<\/em>. <\/p>\n Dylan Roof had his picture taken with the Confederate flag\u00a0out of a desire to\u00a0start\u00a0a modern day civil war. He then acted\u00a0on that desire by purchasing\u00a0a gun that he, by law, shouldn\u2019t have been\u00a0able to get his hands on (but did, because the FBI failed<\/span>), and killing nine black people.\u00a0The media then\u00a0exploded with articles about racism and we\u00a0exploded\u00a0with commentaries about\u00a0how, after all these years,\u00a0racism is\u00a0still a problem and will always be a problem.\u00a0We got\u00a0riled up (as well\u00a0we should have, for a time). But we have\u00a0remained riled up, and if\u00a0we don\u2019t get ourselves under control, Roof\u2019s desires have a chance\u00a0of surviving. <\/p>\n Wouldn\u2019t Roof relish in\u00a0THAT headline whilst popping\u00a0big white kernels of\u00a0popcorn\u00a0in his mouth from prison? <\/p>\n We need to take a deep breath. Think. Look around. Are the masses mimicking\u00a0Roof? And are\u00a0we placing Roof\u2019s gigantic sins on the majority? Are we going to chill\u00a0out and look at the facts, or\u00a0are we going to give\u00a0Roof what he wanted? <\/p>\n Social media is a great thing. Social media is also out of hand. Social media, I believe, is getting into our heads and ruling our hearts. We don\u2019t want to ignore isolated cases of hate and racism and governments acting in God\u2019s place. But neither do we want to assume the entire country is following looney criminals or a corrupt government\u2019s leading.<\/p>\n When we hear of\u00a0these reports, we need to be\u00a0wise as serpents and harmless as doves. We need to keep our head on straight and not\u00a0let the few who are acting out of turn in turn dictate\u00a0distasteful, backbiting\u00a0behavior. We need to treat others like they were made in the Imago Dei. We need to forgive. Love God first. Our neighbor second.\u00a0Ourselves third. And refuse to\u00a0let the media make\u00a0us miserable. God is in control. Not FOX News, NBC, SCOTUS, or President Obama. <\/p>\n We need to keep the main thing the main thing. <\/p>\n What\u2019s the main thing? <\/p>\n Micah 6:8 \u2013 <\/em> The wrath of man does not\u00a0produce the righteousness of God. That means justice doesn\u2019t take place by being in a continual huff over a few bigots who get the majority of media attention.<\/p>\n If you really want to fight for justice and equal rights, fight Planned Parenthood. Think they are a helpful\u00a0organization\u00a0that helps young, pregnant women? <\/p>\n Think again. <\/p>\n They place a large portion of their clinics in neighborhoods that are predominantly black \u2013 on purpose. Their \u201cstrategic\u201d\u00a0locations are chosen due to the fact that they\u00a0consider blacks to be a big part of\u00a0an \u201cundesirable\u201d\u00a0group. <\/p>\n Here are a few quotes from Margaret Sanger, the founder of Planned Parenthood: <\/p>\n We don\u2019t want the word to go out that we want to exterminate the Negro population, and the minister is the man who can straighten out that idea if\u00a0it ever occurs to any of their more rebellious members.<\/em> <\/p>\n Too bad, Margaret. Word is out. <\/p>\n Notice she didn\u2019t deny her desire to exterminate Negros \u2013 just that she didn\u2019t want to word to go out\u00a0about her desire\u00a0to exterminate Negros. <\/p>\n Special, huh? <\/p>\n And when speaking of other \u201cundesirables\u201d, such as the poor, disabled, etc., she said this: They are human weeds, reckless breeders, spawning human beings who never should have been born.<\/em> <\/p>\n Do I even need to remind us that Hitler thought the same thing about Jews? <\/p>\n What strikes me about Sanger is that she at least admits they are human beings.\u00a0Our current society\u00a0can\u2019t even\u00a0call them\u00a0what they are: BABIES<\/strong>.\u00a0Human, living babies. To ease our consciences, we rename them\u00a0fetuses. Tissue. Lumps of cells. <\/p>\n Since when do lumps of tissue\u00a0have\u00a0livers, brains, and hearts? <\/p>\n Only when it\u2019s lucrative, apparently. <\/p>\n To put this post into perspective, let me as a question: Why are we in an uproar for weeks on end over Confederate flags and gay rights, when\u00a0millions of babies (of which a large portion are black) are being slaughtered in a modern day holocaust\u00a0that, in number,\u00a0far exceeds the Jewish holocaust? I believe, in part, it\u2019s because the media is distracting us from the\u00a0bigger issue.\u00a0Or, I should say the\u00a0biggest<\/em><\/strong> issue. <\/p>\n I agree with\u00a0the words of Joseph Parker (an African American pastor): <\/p>\n Spend significant time, energy and effort on confronting Planned Parenthood, and those who support them. Addressing issues such as the Confederate flag and statues of civil war \u201cheroes\u201d have a place. But I believe that much more concern, effort and energy needs to be focused on standing against this living, breathing vigorously racist organization called Planned Parenthood. We say the KKK is an enemy and rightly so. Yet Planned Parenthood kills more Black babies in two weeks, than all of the black people in the KKK has killed in one hundred and fifty years. Many of us in the black community need to wake up and look at who our most dangerous enemies are. It\u2019s not mainly the White Hood. It\u2019s Planned Parenthood.<\/em> <\/p>\n In light of those words, and in light of Micah 6:8, by all means,\u00a0go forth and\u00a0fight for\u00a0justice. But do it where it\u2019s most needed \u2013 in\u00a0defense of those who should be\u00a0cherished members of society: our children. <\/p>\n America needs to re-focus.\u00a0We need to stop seeing the distractions that Washington and their media friends put out, and we need to start seeing the blood being spilled in roughly 300,000<\/span><\/a> Planned Parenthood clinics every day. Yeah, it\u2019s disgusting. So let\u2019s be disgusted!\u00a0And\u00a0then let\u2019s\u00a0allow\u00a0our\u00a0disgust to\u00a0spurn\u00a0us on to the good work of lovingly, humbly, prayerfully, and legislatively\u00a0seeking justice\u00a0everywhere<\/em> \u2026\u00a0but\u00a0primarily in the\u00a0bloodiest of\u00a0\u201choods.\u201d <\/p>\n It\u2019s not mainly the White Hood.<\/em> It\u2019s Planned Parenthood.<\/em><\/p>\n
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He has told you, O man, what is good; <\/em>and what does the Lord<\/span> require of you<\/span><\/span><\/em> but to do justice, and to love kindness,<\/span><\/em>\u00a0and to walk humbly with your God?<\/span><\/span><\/em> <\/p>\n