MY HEART IS HEAVY FOR US AS A NATION. THESE LAST FEW WEEKS HAVE BEEN DIFFICULT, AND IT IS HARD TO WATCH OUR LEADERSHIP LACK THE EMPATHY AND WISDOM WE SO DESPERATELY NEED WE CANNOT ACT LIKE NOTHING IS HAPPENING. THE FILES ARE OPEN AND THE FACTS ARE RIGHT IN FRONT OF US. THIS GOES BEYOND OUR RACE, OUR BELIEF SYSTEMS, OR OUR PERSONAL AGREEMENTS AND DISAGREEMENTS. WE SAY WE FOLLOW GOD, BUT WE MUST REMEMBER THAT GOD IS LOVE. IF WE DON'T LOVE OTHERS THE WAY THE FATHER LOVES US, DO WE TRULY KNOW HIM? TODAY, I MOURN THE TRAGEDIES IN OUR COUNTRY. LET'S LOOK PAST OUR DIFFERENCES AND CHOOSE TO LEAD WITH HIS LOVE.