June 7: Silence=Violence: B is for black, L is for lives, M is for matter: no photo day

NO PHOTOS




b is for black l is for lives m is for matter

God created the entire Universe and the entire crayola box
God created Night and Day
in black and white
the day is clear with blue skies and green trees and the visibility
is great
the night is dark with glittery stars above the sky and the visible
moon ahead
the day doesn't have monsters lurking about
but the night which comes about does
it is a myth told by the circle of liars
because bad things do happen
even in the clear day
with rosy red flowers
which drip with
red paint

I saw Pastor Osteen and Pastor Gray today (Saturday) streaming.  I thought their conversation was interesting and do believe something does need to be done.  I am a hispanic female who lived in Houston for 20 years and now lives in San Antonio and a native Californian.  My life changed drastically when I moved to San Antonio.  My rights have been violated--possibly because I can now "hear" when I couldn't before except regular hearing. I will just leave it at that.  However,  I wanted to ask Pastor Gray a question:  Although, filming George Floyd brought something to our attention--I wonder if it would have been more humane if the person filming this sensationalist episode should have put his/her cell phone down and helped the man out instead?  Didn't this person contribute to this murder as well--by just standing by and not doing something instead? What happened to the "Good Samaritan". What was this person afraid of?  Or were they afraid? Why is it okay to have strength in numbers to now tell the police force--what they did was wrong--they are suppose to uphold the law not become one of the criminals-that one is innocent until proven guilty in a court of law?  Why couldn't this "important" person holding the stupid cell phone not have gone over and told the cops--you are doing something wrong--or gotten others involved---or called 911 to let someone know something bad was happening.  Where was the strength in numbers--then?  I suppose these people who hold up their little signs--like in downtown Houston---silence=violence---mean well, but I get the feeling they would have been silent if George Floyd had been murdered in front of them and they would have walked by--or perhaps just filmed it on their self-important cell phone and posted it for human consumption on their social media page.   This person who filmed George Floyd being murdered-------was it more important to film--or should it have been more important to have stood up and done something about it and perhaps "saved a life"?  Has everyone lost their minds as to what is more important--I wonder all the time--living here in San Antonio, when I visit Houston sometimes......I would have done the right thing.   When I was around five living in Sacramento, California I accidentally fell into a duck pond and I didn't know how to swim.  I made it out looking at the ducks paddle to the edge of the pond and trying to copy them and hoping the edge was there.  When I found the edge and pulled myself up I saw some "Caucasian" adults standing at the edge, "Oh, that was dangerous-you should have been more careful" one said.  And at five I wondered why none of them had bothered to jump in to save me--a five year old, but instead stood around and watched.  These are just some things I'm dealing with in my life---sort of like you-to whomever can identify with the above

Land of hypocrites

silence=violence

strength in numbers only
night whispers-little voices

by rebeca

Wish you the best Pastor(s) Osteen and Gray