Social Justice.

"Social justice isn't about money, it's about bringing people to the realization that they're valuable." ~ Lindsey A. France

Damn I love this girl.

Lindsey was talking about how poverty isn't just about money, but that there's poverty of spirit. This is the true plague. The suburbs are just as screwed up as the ghettos. I'd even venture to say that it's more screwed up in the 'burbs because there are so many ways to cover it up. Families fall apart, kids are doing/selling drugs, people hate each other, cops act unjustly, people use their money in lame ways. We just don't see it because of the wide yards and the large fences surrounding them.

This is sort of a piggy-back off of my previous post. Presidents and governments cannot legislate love. They cannot pass laws that make people care genuinely for other people. Sometimes a law may be passed that makes it slightly less difficult to hate others, but our nature takes over. I honestly believe that the root of the issues is our own selfishness, and if we can seek Jesus to cure us of that, things will not get worse. Jesus said that a good tree does not bear bad fruit, and that a bad tree does not bear good fruit. If we are seeking him above all things, everything else will fall into place. There will be good fruit.

We don't need Barack Obama. We don't need his change. We need real change. We need Jesus.

Jesus Christ, son of God. Have mercy on me, a sinner.