Who are these so- called ‘neighbors’
I keep seeing?
Fellow citizens
sporting swásticas
waving confederate flags
and spewing hate?
They didn’t just move in
they’ve always been here,
but now they’ve been given the courage
to display their hideous sympathies by
their great leader.
In our names.
These folks stoke my every fear
by their willingness to dehumanize others
and their shameless hate.
But more important, as all this has unfolded
like a slow motion train
plowing toward a non-existent trestle,
is who I have become.
The truth is
I have become a hater.
I have become a hater of Trump and his minions.
There I said it.
I hate how you hate
I hate your self-righteousness
I hate your intractability
I hate what you stand for
I hate that you have no shame in your hating.
I hate how your hating makes me afraid.
I don’t like hating
I don’t want to be twisted by
my own hatred.
And I don’t like being afraid.
Scripture tells me
that love casts out fear.
I don’t want to love right now.
But I will try to remember that I am loved.
Because that Love bestows
courage we need to face these times..
So as we move forward
remember how deeply loved you are
all the way out to your edges
all the way down to the breath you draw.
It will not protect you
but it will give you what you need
to do what must be done.
and say what must be said.
Do not be afraid.
For the love of Godde
gives us the audacity
to walk into the fray.
OMG yeah. You said it Connie. I am reminded these days too, of how the psalmist hated his enemies.
Amen and Thank you Jesus for showing us who they are!