Purifying Flames
Our country is in turmoil. What started as peaceful protests turned into riots and looting and violence. People took advantage of something good and used it for their own selfish desires. Setting cars on fires, breaking the glass windows of shops, crawling and climbing into the open areas of boarded up glass panels – what is this? This is not human. Where is human dignity? We as a people are better than that. We need to be. We have to be. As the family of George Floyd said, he would not have wanted this for he was a peaceful person. Those who set fire, loot, and cause violence are desecrating the name and person of George Floyd. This is not the legacy he deserves. Shame on them. How dare they take advantage of a human life like that? Fire and flames will come, but not the fires set by people trying to make a “statement” – that is never right or justified. May we allow the fire and flames burning within our hearts purify all of our selfish ambitions and ev...