As I write this blog, there has been a series of unrest in several
communities about violence that has occurred and there seems to be no justice
or closure. In previous entries, I've addressed anger, stress, frustration, and
conviction; but this goes a little deeper with most of the topics getting
swirled together in this mixture. As an adult with Asperger's Syndrome, I'm not
a robot and I understand the whole complexities of hate. I have admittedly
hated situations, people, and even certain events that I completely disagreed
with in the past; but this goes much further than my own little issues.
Hatred is a natural, but incredibly dark
part of our humanity. The best comparison I can think of is that of a tornado.
A tornado is natural and is a part of nature, but we all know how deadly and
destructive a tornado can be. Like hatred, a tornado just doesn't pop out of nowhere
and starts to destroy things; it begins as a rotating vortex in the upper
atmosphere of a thunderstorm. Hatred begins with the conditions of having an
established bias against anything that has either hurt them or was raised with
the idea that they could be hurt. Fear and anger are the two primary forces
that spin the hatred tornado like the warm and cold air swirling for a real
tornado. In many ways the hatred of people breaks my heart because I know this
is an emotion they could control if they chose too.
The race riots, police assassination and
many other acts of violence in the name of "justice” seems really more
like in the name of “hate” do wound me as a person with Asperger's. Having
taught in an urban school for over a decade I can understand the race riots and
having a good friend on the police force; I can understand the fear of police
assassinations. I see the injustice in the crimes or deaths that start these
riots or assassinations, but what help is that? Police will still make mistakes
on the job. There will be criminals who seek justice or simply a thrill in
killing police officers...so where does that lead us? My point here is that
they don’t see the logic in the actions. I do have to remember though, hatred
is emotional and most times logic is lost when emotions are involved.
Satan lives on hatred. He would love
nothing more than have the entire human race live on rage. If we simply kept on
fighting/killing each other than that would make Satan the happiest person in
the world. Life can be unfair. Bad things that happen can be traumatizing to
any person or persons. This is why following Jesus can be very challenging. I
wonder how many people that were involved in the riots went to church that Sunday.
Did they feel depraved? Did they forget the old line "What Would Jesus
Do"? We are still only human and hatred is one of those emotions we just
can't simply turn off whenever we like. The key is when rage wells up in our
hearts, what do we do about it? Riot? Murder? It's still our choice. It's still
our life. Think.
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Song: "Disaster"
Artist: Newsboys
Album: Restart
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Art by: Grotezko
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