Terrorists in a town near u (a ramble)

I had to write this, because it's disheartening when you think about it. I choose to turn my discouragement around, though. Last month or so, the world was hit with news of a group of men sympathetic to al-queda discovered in da bottom, Miami. Supposedly they were plotting some serious carnage, all evidence of course coming from an informant.

While the media does well by circulating important information rapidly, the drawback is that the information may very well be false. People in high places do not really care because they feel that if they do not put the information out, their audience will go elsewhere to get the "latest and greatest."

Well, what happened with those gentlemen training for all of this mayhem? I haven't heard anything in the news ever since the ALLEGED plot was discovered. Some of the guys had a history of violating the law, but nothing on the order of what was stamped on their heads. How many of us even care what goes down with those guys? Some have abused the justice system to make examples of people--unjustly. But hey, it's just anutha brotha in jail, right? Ain't out of the ordinary, is it?

People must be careful when embracing thug-life nowadays, because soon we'll be the terrorists. It's no longer just arabs, it's anybody "posing" a threat to national security. Admittedly, this subject about the men has me upset because they look like me. Moreso because of the community service that they were involved in. I really dislike the fact that this story resembles what happened with Marcus Garvey and the UNIA, Malcolm X, the Black Panther Party[read this cnn interview of Bobby Seale, one of the founding members], the Chicago Eight, and who knows how many others. One thing, however, is that God's love will prevail. We lose our will to "fight" for change because of who we fight against and the punishment that comes.

I'm not writing this to encite anger, although it is a frustrating situation. I'm suggesting that we learn to work together out of love and respect a lil more. I refer all to God, though. Don't get it twisted into thinking that I feel that it's all in our own power. We can do all things through Christ, not ourselves (although we have abilities).

Many people have in the past attempted to come together to make a change for the better and these days people are doing the same. Everyone should realize that these efforts tend to be in line with God's will and therefore will meet the opposition of those working against Him. It takes perseverence, patience, and a continued connection with God to see it through. Once people start to put their own will in front, we join those working against His will.

That's probably why I don't follow through with all of the things that I think would be good to do. That's probably why some people attempt to get into something as a means to an end, but get trapped into a cycle. That's why people leave and vow never to return to churches [because of something done to them/said to them]. That's why the single person making 40 g's has nothing to give someone, but the family making 20-30 can offer a meal whenever you come around. Where's our heart?

We still have that community spirit, let's try to embrace it.