Respectful Communication

Good morning family. Praying everyone is up, moving around, getting ready to enjoy a beautiful Sunday, the Sabbath. Thankful for a busy/productive week and looking forward to conquering whatever comes in the new week. I know most if not all of my Jax family and friends are feeling some kinda way about the Jordan Davis verdict. I questioned it myself because if you're found guilty of attempted murder how could you not be found guilty of murder. True enough, he will serve time and he will still have to face murder charges but my heart breaks for Jordan's parents. A guilty verdict would have brought them a little bit of closure. I've never been selected for jury duty so I can't begin to understand/imagine the pressure the jurors were/are under. At best and the most important thing we can do is pray for all involved. The sting of loosing a child is a feeling that has the potential of breaking a parent's spirit and will to carry on. It's like having your own life snatched from you and not being able to get it back. It's a feeling of total and complete emptiness. Michael Dunn's family will feel a loss as well because his sentencing will interrupt life as they know it. The price paid for exercising bad judgement and lack of patience. This morning I pray we all understand the importance of respectful communication. I ask God to open our hearts and minds so that we make a conscience effort to understand and not judge cultures we're not familiar with. Asking Him to move us from making assumptions based on what we see in the media. Understanding that "we teach others how to treat us" by what we put in the atmosphere. Thanking Him for bringing us to this day, giving each of us an opportunity to change, educate our children and ourselves. Lord we ask for healing in our communities. Father our children are dying because there is a lack of passion and love. Help us teach the younger generation to love themselves, protect themselves and live productively. "We've come this far by faith leaning on the Lord. Trusting in His holy word. He never failed me yet. Can't turn around, we've come this far by faith." AMEN. TeamRespectfulCommunication. Bblessedloveyou. Proverbs 9:11-12, Psalm 34:11-22, Psalm 35:1-16