street. Yet it happened! The day after I personally experienced a riot for the first time, on our doorstep.
I never thought that I would be saddened by being the only person on the road, driving alone in the
street. Yet it happened! The day after I personally experienced a riot for the first time, on our doorstep.
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Yesterday I had the opportunity to celebrate Youth Day with my family. But this is not my blood family. These radical and unique individuals are the family I asked God for. A family of brothers and sisters in Christ Jesus whom share a like-minded thinking. I'm used to being told I'm weird or the odd one out. But God gave me a Mishpachah....
We all ask God to make us more like Him. But at times we give up when the heat is turned up and things become difficult. Well, God ALWAYS finishes what He started and the results are magnificent.
This past week the internet was flooded with stories of the beautiful gorilla, Harambe, who sadly had to be shot when a child fell into the animal enclosure he was kept in, at the Cincinnati Zoo in the USA. Opinions from readers and viewers of the video clip varied from people expressing relieve that the child was okay, to people livid at the child’s mother for not keeping a proper eye on the boy, to animal extremists who felt that the zoo wrongly killed the animal because he was only trying to protect the boy. Out of curiosity I patiently read through a lot of Facebook comments, and I watched as people shared various photos and articles relating to the incident. And I kept asking myself questions as people voiced their sentiments. Did the mother act irresponsible? Could she have prevented the accident? What if it was my child? What if the zoo refused to shoot the animal? What if the zoo keepers decided to rather tranquilize the animal and something worse happened? What would the reactions have been if something really bad actually happened to the child? How must the poor mother feel when she reads all the harsh judgements? What is the emotions of the staff at the zoo regarding this incident? Are they deeply hurt and pained by what happened? Do they blame themselves for the child falling into the enclosure, or do they also blame the mother? Accidents happen, and it happens fast! Seconds can change a life forever. “He who quarries stones may be hurt by them, and he who splits logs may be endangered by them.” – Ecclesiastes 10:9
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