I Diverge

Today I want to address something other than cancer.


The shooting yesterday of a federal judge and representative was absolute insanity.  We have 435 elected representatives and 1 was shot doing her job yesterday at a town hall meeting. That means that 1/435 of YOUR duly elected representatives  was attacked.   In total 6 are dead and 13 others wounded by a deranged person, whether insane or not, deranged!  The spin on this is already on, some will make him Right Wing and others Left Wing.  One thing for sure: He is a murderer and deserves a fair trial and sentence. 


I listened to the news this morning and hear the following from NBC Christine Armopour show. " Congresswoman Giffords was in the "cross-hairs" of Sarah Palin's Political Action Group"   That is just the type of statement that provides the avenue for these nut jobs (Far Right and Far Left) to plan and do outrageous deeds.


I listen to C SPAN quite a bit and some of the things said on the floor of the senate and congress are deplorable. One party says the other wants to kill children, the other party says the other favor the rich, the poor, big pharma, on the backs of the middle class, the other says you are going to kill old people, take their money  and on and on!


Today on this day of worship for most I ask that you do three things:


1.  Send a letter to your representative and  the Speaker of The House and Senate Majority Leader asking that they tone down the rhetoric both while in session and out of session.


2.  Examine what you say about others as I will.  Proverbs 18:21, "Death and life are in the power of the tongue: and they that love it shall eat the fruit thereof."


3.  Pray that our Leaders will lead by example and not by demonizing others.