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WhiteTara

(29,676 posts)
Fri Mar 16, 2018, 10:27 AM Mar 2018

Easter- High Holy Day Free Parking column March 15

http://eureka.news/free-parking-24/

Soon it will be Easter, a high holy day in the Christian religion. Many people proclaim that Easter proves that Jesus died for our sins; it also shows that you carry the seeds of your actions with you. Jesus arose to be with God because his actions led him there. I believe that we are each responsible for what we do here on Earth and that we create heaven and hell by our daily actions.

During this time of great reflection on what His teachings mean to us today, I think of the young black teenage boy lying in a hospital bed suffering from bullet wounds to his 17 year old body. He is suffering because instead of hiding from the gunman at MDS High School, he rushed to bar the door to keep his fellow classmates from being murdered.

I think of the young black woman who saved the life of a bigoted congressman even though she knew he hated her for the color of her skin. While he outwardly thanked her for saving his life, he maintains his bigotry and hard heart even today.

What does it take to soften one’s heart to be so compassionate that you would die a horrible death so that others might follow your example of extreme love for all living beings?


The rest of my column at the link http://eureka.news/free-parking-24/
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