Where Are You Daddy?

Treyvon Martin is a 17 year old young black man who was shot to death in Florida recently.  A lot has been made of the ethnicity of both Treyvon and the Hispanic/white man who committed the shooting, George Zimmerman.

Why is the ethnicity of either one relevant?  I don't know.  What I do know is that we see Al Sharpton, Jesse Jackson and the Black Panthers demanding justice be done.  I think justice should be done too.  If Zimmerman shot Martin wrongfully he should be in jail.  If not he should walk.  And I believe justice will be done without the help of the bullies mentioned previously.  The justice system is NOT perfect in the United States and is run by human beings (how could it be perfect?), but overall it works well and is the best we have.

These bullies do nothing more than raise racial tensions, they are definitely NOT responsible for bringing people together.  Sharpton and Jackson use the veil of  "Reverend" in their title.  They may have been to seminary and graduated but they don't act like Reverends. 

They don't seem to love people... Reverends, that is actually a command in Scripture. I don't see any love in their actions, but I do see divisiveness and hatred.  I believe in the authority of the Holy Scriptures. God's Word says "A new command I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you must love one another.  By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you love one another" (John 13:34-35).  Incidentally, the commands of the Bible are only for those believing in the deity of Christ, no one else.

How will everyone know that we are disciples of Jesus (Christians)?  By LOVING one another.  Note there is no loophole for ethnicity or otherwise.
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Now for the Black Panthers.  On The O'Reilly Factor a spokesman for this radical group (@3:30 into the video) stated that since one of his people were taken, one of "yours" will be taken.  He also threw down a bounty of $1,000,000,000 for the capture of Mr. Zimmerman.  This group is equal to the KKK, both groups are racist at their core. 

President Obama has even weighed in on this case.  I'm glad he takes this seriously.  How about the case of two British students who were murdered in Florida?  The parents of the white teens have sent three letters to the President without even a whisper of a response from the President or his staff.  On the horrific scale, the murders of the two Brits as they begged for their lives pegs the horrific meter.  The convicted killer is a black man.  Hello... Mr. President?

In Cal Thomas' article, What's Different About Trayvon Martin?, Mr. Thomas asks the question "Would Al Sharpton have made the trip if Martin had been white?"  Let's expand that to Jesse Jackson and The Black Panthers.  Would they have even mentioned this incident?  I understand that black men die at the hands of black men more than any other group.  Where are these "champions" then?

In my previous Blog post titled, Men's College Basketball, I said "The hinge point of society as a whole is that men have left the family, either physically or emotionally...or BOTH.  And, "yes" I think that is why our prisons are so overcrowded today, so many children have grown up in families where the father is absent and that makes good male role models really hard to find..."  What is a boy turned Father going to do if his daddy was never there?  He is going to do as he has been taught... to leave emotionally, physically or BOTH.  


I am not a perfect Father by any stretch of the imagination, but I am the best one my kids have.  They depend on me for things they don't understand and won't understand until, Lord willing, they are parents themselves.  Hey Dads, weather you are married or not, if you have children, they are depending on you too.  


As Fathers in this generation we have to step up and be "Daddy" and teach them to depend on "Abba, Father".  Here is a sobering thought, the way children see their Fathers is how they see God, that is, until they realize their earthly Daddy is NOT God.  

Regardless of racial heritage the incidents mentioned here are devastating to all of those involved.  We should pray for the families of the victims as well as those accused or convicted.  Everyone involved has lost someone and my hope and prayer is they are believers or, throught this devastation become believers in the risen Christ. Our only hope for perfect justice is through Christ.

*As of publication George Zimmerman has not been formally charged with any crime.