Five For Togo

Racism in America is always a hot topic. The fact that our nation had its economic start primarily on the back of slaves is a sinful fact that continues to follow us today.

In the past month as our country has debated whether a professor was racially mistreated or not, a dear friend of mine, an African-American unfortunately experienced a blatant racist attack.

As she shared the facts with me, I could not believe what I was hearing could happen in today’s U.S.A. Thankfully this person does not harbor bitterness in her heart and has begun to see the perpetrator  as someone to be pitied more than hated.

Hearing this story was eye-opening to me in understanding the evil in the human heart. Sin can become so deeply embedded in us that we act in ways that are beyond comprehension.

But this story also made me thankful to be in a church where whites and blacks interact and worship in many different settings. Through getting to know each other at more than a superficial level, we are able to take direct aim at racism and work to obliterate it from our futures, even if it remains a painful part of our past!