I get that fear and outrage both outside of and especially within black and other minority communities make sense with the loss of Trayvon Martin and the acquittal of George Zimmerman.
I hate that a young man was killed and the circumstances around his death. (http://tinyurl.com/o6hy3sy)
I ask for a peace which transcends all understanding, to guard our hearts and our minds and to allow us to seek love in the midst of confusion and anger.
I pray...
...that it's love, more than any other emotion or force, that compels me recognize and call injustice what it is.
...that I will have the courage to confront and change my own thoughts, words and actions when they are unjust.
...to let it start with me.
...to have hope in the middle of hurt.
“In order to be effective, all of our actions, all of our organizing,
all of our conversations have to flow from a consistent ethic of
forgiveness.” - John Lewis
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