Learn to do good; seek justice, correct oppression.
Isaiah 1:17a
George Floyd had a past… He was a person of peace. Floyd volunteered at his church in Houston, TX; Floyd was a mentor to teens and young men in his neighborhood; Floyd’s Instagram handle was “BigFloyd4God.” If you feel enraged, confused, or deeply troubled by what happened to George Floyd, that means you have a heart of flesh that is unsettled with injustice in the world. But we know that simply being upset at the situation is not enough, neither is responding to violence with more violence a productive response. The only way we can truly overcome evil is to do good, seek justice, and correct oppression. As MLK said “Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.”
