This World of Hate

I just got done watching Crash and I am stunned.  I can't tell you the last time I saw a film that made me this mad, sad, worried and redeemed all within 2 hours.  Let me explain my emotions.

Mad--  This one is pretty easy.  Seeing the cop treat black women the way that he did made me want to get out of my seat and find a way to do something about it. The way that people can hate someone just because of the color of their skin, is frightening.   That we are more worried about self preservation and climbing the corporate ladder ( what my dad would call "the golden hand cuffs") than doing what is right, what we are called to do.

Sad-- Sad that we live in world with so much hate that, we only make worse by hating.  It makes my soul hurt when I think of raising a child in a place that they have to worry about gun shots coming through the windows at all time of the night.  That we still have avenues for human trafficking.  Not only do we have the ability, but that we still have the desire to buy people.

Worried--  That if we, as a global community, don't see the problem of racism and hate then we can never begin to change. I was pointed to a clip today of woman whose church is actually glad for 9/11, AIDS, and soldiers coming home in coffins.  It opened a new light as to why the world is afraid of the word "church".  I know that this movie and this clip are taking to things to the extreme, but we have to realize that we are part of the problems.  I know that when Don Cheadle walked into his mother's house and picked up the spoon I thought, "bet that is for heroin".  Please make a point to examine what part and role you play in this.

Redeemed--  When Michael Peña told the story of the invisible cloak to his baby girl it made we want to cry.  When she ran out to save her father I did cry.  The love the he showed for her is how we can turn this world around.  This is the type of love that Christ teaches.  When Ludacris does the right thing in the end is how we can turn this world around. Whether or not you agree with a person's opinions or beliefs you have no right to treat him as less than you.  If anything you should learn his beliefs, understand his beliefs and then examine his beliefs for yourself.  Help us set this world back to the way that it was designed.  Help us bring the loving nature and compassionate touch of Christ.

If you haven't seen this movie, buy it!