When does a black life matter?

When black men die at the hands of white police officers, the national media plays and replays the incident and the "reaction" of the black community. Very rarely do we see the "reaction" of the white community. (But that's a blog for another day.)

When black men die at the hands of white police officers, "black leaders" will shout loud and long about how the culture of white entitlement must be changed. When riots occur, in the black neighborhoods, these same "black leaders" tell us that what we are seeing is frustration lashing out as a result of years of systemic abuse and neglect.

There will never be a justifiable reason for rioting and then destroying another person's property.

But society does have the right to hold accountable those who are charged with protecting society and enforcing the law when they betray the public trust.

What bothers me about Ferguson and Baltimore (and others to come) is this: when one black man was dying at the hands of a white police officer, many were dying at the hands of other black men.

Think about this.

Where was the national news coverage crying for justice for the black men who were killed by other black men?

Where were the organized marches seeking justice for the black men who were killed by other black men?.

Where were the riots for the black men who were killed by other black men?

Where was the black community's outcry and anger for the black men who were killed by other black men?

Where were the "black leaders" when the black men were killed by other black men? Why were they silent?

It really bothers me that the life of a black man only matters to the national news media, the black community and "black leaders" when it is taken by a white police officer.

Ask the black mother whose son was killed by another black man if his life mattered? Do you believe she will grieve less because her son did not die at the hands of a white police officer or that she will have fewer sleepless nights? Do you really?

A white police officer does not make a black life more important.

A black man does not make a black life less important.

And the news media doesn't care. All it wants is a story.

I, for one, am tired of the hypocrisy.

Pray for the Supreme Court Justices

So many Christians today support same-sex marriage. And that saddens me and I know it saddens our Heavenly Father even more.

And for those of us who believe what the bible says about marriage, many are feeling helpless and are buying into the lie that it’s a foregone conclusion that the Supreme Court will legalize same sex marriage – a concept that God condemns in scripture.  

Why it a lie? The issue has yet to be adjudicated. But Satan, the enemy of the soul, and his demons have unleashed a full court press to convince Christians that “the game is over and you have lost.”

I don’t believe a word this rascal says.

Don’t you think it’s time that we confront this liar and derail the destruction that he is orchestrating?

Pray that the justices’ personal views and biases will not override reason.

Pray that God will enter their dreams and give them a glimpse of what will happen in and to America if same-sex marriage is legalized. (Trust me, it will be worse than anything you can imagine.)

Pray that angels surround the Supreme Court building and that the demonic powers that have been pushing this issue find themselves and their influence locked out.

Pray that God’s peace saturates the court room and the minds of the justices are clear and they hear what the enemy of the soul doesn’t want them to hear.

Pray that the justices will follow the rule of law.

Folks, we are sons and daughters and have been given authority over all the works of the enemy. It’s time for us to exercise what our Father has given to us.