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Monday, June 22, 2015
Tale of two cities–Ferguson and Charleston
It is the worst of America and the best of America. Ferguson–A man attacks a police officer and after a struggle the unarmed Black man is shot dead by the White officer. Lies are told, a nation reacts, anarchists and race baiters move in. There are riots. Businesses are burnt, homes are destroyed. Anger is agitated and burns deeper than the smoldering buildings. Charleston–a young White man enters an historic Black church. He is welcomed. He stays for Bible study. He pulls out a gun and kills nine Black people in cold blood. The church and city mourn, come together, and present a Christian American response to the horror that befell them, rejecting those who encourage violence and anarchy.
AFP reported: “Several hundred congregants, some tearful, packed the Emanuel African American Episcopal Church for a service led by visiting clergy because the congregation’s pastor was among those killed by a suspected young white supremacist.The service offered still-grieving Charleston — in another era, the American capital of the transatlantic slave trade — a chance to mark what many argued was its triumph in thwarting the shooter’s reported aim to foment racial hatred.Celebrants at Emanuel church said the accused gunman, Dylann Roof, 21, from a rural town near the state capital Columbia, had failed miserably in his quest to break their spirit of love and faith.”
Moreover, the Charleston community gathered around in support. AFP reported: “Later in the day, more than 10,000 people spread out across the 2.5-mile (four-kilometer) Arthur Ravenel Bridge to hold hands in a stunning show of solidarity with the Emanuel church…Once on the bridge and holding hands in a “unity chain” from Charleston to the middle-class suburb of Mount Pleasant, participants observed nine minutes of silence, one for each of the Emanuel massacre victims.” The people of Charleston are showing by example what Joseph explained in Genesis 50:20, “you thought evil against me; but God meant it unto good, to bring to pass, as it is this day, to save many people alive.”
Meanwhile, the “president” and other politicos are attempting to use the deaths in Charleston to advance their various political agendas. This is a stark contrast to how responsible people who love God respond to evil. We see in various places around the nation how darkness responds to darkness. We see in Charleston how children of light respond to the darkness of evil. Sure, there is anger. Sure, there is the desire for justice. Sure, there is mourning. The people of Charleston, however, see the mechanisms of hatred for what they are–the satanic attempt to kill, steal and destroy. True leadership sees the problem spiritually and addresses it accordingly, rather than stirring up more of satan’s mission.
Have a Blessed and Powerful Day!
Bill Wilson
For God’s Glory Alone Ministries thanks Bill Wilson and www.dailyjot.com