25 And when you stand praying, if you hold anything against anyone, forgive them, so that your Father in heaven may forgive you your sins.”
Forgiveness is hard, it fights our very human nature,. Often times, if someone does wrong, whether it's to us personally, or in the public setting that we have nowadays with 24/7 "news" coverage and the accessibility that social media gives to many people on the planet. We want to see "justice" done, we want to karma come in make this terrible awful person pay for their transgression against society. Now that manifest itself in some very extreme ways, which unfortunately can occur over something like a political issue. I've seen what appears to be totally rational thinking people divulge into wishing that someone die or be physically harmed, simply because their viewpoints differ on an issue. Of course it's at times like these that the "T Word" gets thrown around.
"Why you intolerant (insert some sort of accusatory name here), you're such a hateful (insult 2) that I hope someone (insert terrible awful physical violence action here) to you." Because nothing says tolerance by verbally attacking someone who differs in opinion than you on something, accusing them of being intolerant of this, and then having so much tolerance for their differing viewpoint that you result to wishing physical harm on them. Really people? C'mon?!?! This happens way too often, to the point that it's just become one of the norms of the internet.
And really it boils down to one question, where does all of this hate come from? Cities are being burned down, riots started, violence on both sides, and ultimately it comes down to this idea that a wrong, whether real or perceived, must be met with a more extreme, and often times final, wrong, due to this vengeance society that seems to currently be consuming the country.
When does it stop?
Two wrongs don't make a right. The answer to violence isn't more violence.
The answer is forgiveness. The answer is love. The answer is God. Go to him, seeking forgiveness and the strength to bury the hatchet with your fellow man. Trust that God knows all, sees all, and judges all. The Lord is the only one righteous to judge.
Go with peace, and forgive, and spread Joy.
God Bless.
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