Imagine you're in an unfamiliar area or perhaps you're in the so called bad part of town. Maybe you're on a darkened street in an unfamiliar city. You come across some people, maybe thugs, maybe just strangers and they appear to be coming for you. You, the target, the goody two shoes. You the person who shouldn't be out this late and especially in this part of town. You feel the fear, you sense evil or something bad is going to happen.
Where are you imagining you are? Who are you? Aren't you the thug? After all, what's that person doing in our neighborhood? Isn't he/she the opressor? The person upsetting the status quo? They should know the rules, they enforce them by everything the do, say, live and breath. Let their God take care of them, the one they claim loves them, or will, if you obey all the rules.
Who are you going to align with? Who are you? What side are you on? Who is right? Decisions. Fear. Indignant at me suggesting YOU might be the thug? The oppressor? The victim? Which side is which? Give me labels, hard left, thug, religious right, hierarchy, anarchist, eletist, racist, snob, 99%, gay, socialist, purveyor of the truth, hypocrite, human.
How will we ever decide what and who is right? Perhaps if someone would die for their cause, then people will realize what is really important. Maybe, just maybe, we should live as He lived and appreciate the sanctity of life and that Jesus is willing to submit for us, for you.
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