Thoughts and Prayers V

...for he is kind to the ungrateful and the wicked.

 - From Luke 6

Thoughts are good. We want to be thoughtful. It's better to think of someone, than not. It is better to consider those that are hurting, than to ignore them.

Prayers are good. Even atheists understand the value of reflection, and connection with your surroundings. An atheist can understand that, in a culture of violence and fear . . . the best solution might very well be to get people to just stop . . . reflect . . . and think of others. Prayer is like that.

Of course we need more thoughts and prayers. But I'm afraid we really need it from those that mock it. Do we want the tensions in our generation to subside? Of course we do.

Christ implored his followers, to be kind to those that hate them. He never once advocated resistance to the government. He did not talk about politics. He focused on people one to one. Real love is best practiced, perhaps only practiced, in person. Anything else seems like posturing, in order to project some desired image. 

Because, Christ affirmed: God is kind, even to the wicked. 

And I posit, that a young man's rage may be partly due to the inflamed culture where people refuse to be kind to one another. 

To be defeated, spiritual jiu jitsu has to be employed against evil. Resistance just hardens the resolve on the other side. Defeat evil, not with more evil . . . but with anti-evil. 

 . . . which is love.

If someone offers "thoughts and prayers," let your response not be disdain. Let it be a show of support, and the consideration, on your own part, that perhaps you should think, and pray, too.