Prayers have been and will continue to be offered for the citizens of Baltimore.
The city is suffering. Stores are being looted. Some businesses are burning, including a new 16 million dollar Senior Citizens Community Center. Automobiles have been wantonly damaged or destroyed, and these were not just law enforcement vehicles.
Numerous police officers have been injured, with two officers still hospitalized from this afternoon's violence.
People are angry. Not just the protestors but now business owners and employees whose livelihoods have now been grossly and adversely affected. People in other areas of the US - and the world - are angry.
It's time the leadership of this country to stop the hate-filled rhetoric... to stop promoting social and ethnic divides. It doesn't bring about any healing if we're being told over and over and over again that everybody hates everybody else. If the Christian leaders won't step up to join hands to promote healing, it's time for each of us to do just that.
In your own towns or villages or cities, in your own neighborhood, get to know your neighbors. Encourage your church to invite other churches in your area to a joint prayer meeting. Give serious thought to how you can make a difference in your own part of the world. To bring about unity. To demonstrate that genuine Christian love and concern for others.
What's going on in Baltimore could very easily erupt in your city. So pray. Pray for Baltimore. Pray for your own community.
Be safe...and be Blessed!
