The issue at hand in modern day has invoked a mass of voices. It seems as though everyone is required to voice an opinion. I will admit, it has taken me a while to formulate my thoughts and sift through the plethora of information. We are all aware of the current situation America is sitting in, and this is my take on it. These are the things I am sure of even if I am uncertain of what is truly fact or fiction on a screen.

I need to first acknowledge my own disadvantages in writing an article on racial issues. I do not live in an environment where racism is common. Now, whether that is because I don’t notice it or because there is none, I am unaware. However, I am certain that there is bias. Having a bias is the side effect of having a conscience. I am acquainted with bias, bias of my gender and of my ethnicity. I know what its like to be looked at funny when I’m using a chain saw or when I show a little bit of my culture because I am the daughter of an immigrant. These are small scales of course, but they can be magnified to comprehend the circumstances our current issue has created and is a result of.

Atticus Finch in To Kill a Mockingbird said, “You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view…until you climb into his skin and walk around in it.” If we have even an drop of desire to bridge the divide in this country, we will use our past experiences and put on what our brothers and sisters wear every day and walk around in it, black, white, hispanic, asian. Discrediting a person based on skin color, on economic status, or on privilege does not benefit anyone. I guarantee, every person has walked through a difficult situation. Appearance and wealth do not exempt anyone from hardship.

Every group has good and evil. As the world has seen, there are some terrible cops out there, but that doesn’t mean there aren’t great cops and saying that should not take away from a movement. In fact, it should help it. When a people realizes and promotes the good in society, it should only build our community in the right direction. Imagine if we celebrated a person, broadcasted their good deeds regardless of skin color or occupation. Would there not be representation of all people groups? Good inspires good, just as evil inspires evil.

Everyone has an inherited worth. The blood of Jesus was not shed for the blameless. Meaning, everyone is guilty and everyone is forgiven.

All men involved in the George Floyd’s death are guilty for their actions, but they are also forgiven. All men and women involved in looting are guilty for their actions and they are forgiven. The police are guilty for their actions, good and bad, but they are also forgiven.

Don’t think for a second, anyone is getting off easy. If you want to see blood, if you want to see justice, read about it. Matthew 27, Mark 15, Luke 23, John 19. Read about the death of Jesus, his murder. None of his murderers, the Pharisees, the Roman officers, no one was held accountable before a court on this earth. That is not what he wanted, he wanted to show you your worth and the worth of every human being. Believer or not, you are worth the blood of Christ regardless of whether you choose to accept it.

Fight for justice, but remember who you are fighting against and who you fight with.

“For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this age, against spiritual hosts of wickedness in the heavenly places.” Ephesians 6:12.