“Time and Past Time”
“Speak up for those who cannot speak for themselves; ensure justice for those being crushed. Yes, speak up for the poor and helpless, and see that they get justice” (Proverbs 31:8-9 New Living Translation).
I have never been a particularly courageous person. I’m not now either. You’ve heard of people who are afraid of their own shadow? That would be me.
However, the time has come—indeed, it is past time—for me to show up and stand up. It is time and past time for me to stand with my brothers and sisters who are more colorful than I am. It is time to say that legally sanctioned murders are just murders. It is time to say that appreciating police includes holding them accountable for their use of force.
It is time (and past time) for me to go to Fort Thomas, Kentucky, at two o’clock today, and confess my own sins of racism.
It is time to move through and beyond my fears: my fears of covid-19 (though I will wear a mask), my fear that the blood clot in my leg will return with a vengeance, that a peaceful protest can always turn violent or be met with violence.
It is time and past time.
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