Justice

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/may/31/fires-light-up-washington-dc-on-third-night-of-george-floyd-protests?CMP=oth_b-aplnews_d-1&fbclid=IwAR3d0uz4b1YRLVM7gsz34xVd4fa3o0G4RD5fVfkROMN5_v7ntBIB-HSyvkg

I read articles like this and I can’t help but feel angry. I read other articles about a woman being beaten by a board and fists, still others about police officers being beaten and injured, and I am angry. I saw a video of a man that was just kicked and beaten over and over, and I am angry. I read still another article that said over 50 Secret Service Agents were injured last night. In still another article they said that the White House actually turned off their lights. According to the article, they usually only do that when a President dies. Thankfully our President is still very much alive. But I think about the terror his wife and son must have faced when they were rushed to the “bunker” one night. And I am angry.

There are many that seem to think that Christians should never feel angry. That’s just not true. The attacking of innocent people should make us all angry.

But as Christians, that does not mean we should act on our anger. We can pray about it. We can ask our Lord to remove that anger, just as we can ask the Holy Spirit for the discipline not to act on it. The way of the world is not our way. We answer to a Higher Power, we answer to the Lord Jesus Christ Himself.

What we can do is support our police officers who risk so much to keep us safe. We can support and pray for those in elected office. We can pray for each other. And when we ourselves are overwhelmed by anger and frustration we can remind ourselves, that Justice will come one day.

But we also need to remind ourselves, that Justice belongs to God and God only.