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How did we get here? Twenty-four years ago, our world changed. Americans realized that they were vulnerable and that other countries could attack us. Now, we have a completely different attack going on here in America. Hate. Hate and a lack of empathy seem to be growing day by day.
I look at the world we live in now, and I don't recognize it. How did we get this far gone? The horrible, senseless murders we have been seeing have no place here. Innocent people are dying. What is wrong with America? Nothing makes sense anymore. The world I knew and grew up in no longer exists. A world where we felt safe no longer exists. We shouldn't have to live in fear of being killed for having different opinions from others. I wonder what my grandmother felt raising her children back in the 1950s. Did she feel the same way I do know?
Yesterday, I spent the day cleaning our bedroom and vacuuming the house. I sat down for a quick break and opened up Facebook. I immediately saw a post asking for prayers for Charlie Kirk because he had been shot at an event on a college campus in Utah. I quickly did a search because you can never trust what you see on the internet. I turned on the TV and was immediately hit with the devastating news. I started praying for him and his family.
After seeing the video, I knew it didn't look good for him, but I know God can do anything. What I saw today, I can't unsee. The sad thing is that many of us didn't get a choice in whether or not we saw it. It was plastered all over social media and still is. It was there, mixed in with dog videos and ads. Just another video adding to the chaos of our lives. It shouldn't have been there. Like so many other videos on social media. What have we become? This can't be real! This can't be the world we live in. Where is our compassion? Our love? Our humanity? I think we have forgotten what it is to be human. To love and respect one another. We have forgotten what it is to love one another, no matter what our differences are. We have lost God. I feel that this is the saddest part of our world and our lives.
Last night, I sat there and was at a loss for words. I felt numb, confused, sad, and scared. Scared for the world our children live in. Scared for my sweet grandbaby that has yet to enter this world. The lack of respect for human life is disgusting. I sat there at the dining room table, and all I could hear in my head was the quote from Mother Terese, "We must not be surprised when we hear of murders, killings, of wars, or of hatred... If a mother can kill her own child but what is left but for us to kill each other?"
I'm saddened we live in a world where lives are being taken simply for looking different, having different values, different faiths, and different political views. A world where being strong in your beliefs and standing up for what you believe in can put a target on your back. It's disheartening that we can be made to feel unsafe for expressing our faith, our culture, or even our own personal opinions.
Why is it okay to hate others? Hate others just for their differences? How do we tell our children and grandchildren that there are people in this world who will hate them for who they are? People who will judge them without even knowing them.
Charlie Kirk was just a man. A husband. A father. A friend. A brother. A son. A fellow Christian. A man standing up for America. A true patriot. He challenged young people to question, to think for themselves, and to stand up for what they believe. He wanted people to question the narrative. He was a role model for the next generation of young people. He was killed for encouraging peaceful debates. He was killed for expressing his own beliefs and values. Are we so far gone that we kill people who do not agree with us? Are we so morally lost that we no longer respect the sanctity of human life?
I grieve for our world. A world I no longer recognize. But I will turn to God. I will turn to my faith and pray! I will pray fervently.
"When you look down in your arms and you see your child...
everything that you're fighting for
gets into absolute clarity."
~Charlie Kirk
Rest in peace, faithful servant. Eternal rest grant unto Charlie, O Lord, and let perpetual light shine upon him. May he rest in peace with you forever. Amen.
God bless y'all, and know that I am praying for all of you.
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