"The Dwarfs are for the Dwarfs!"

Hi. I am certain I am not going to adequately express my feelings but I'm going to try.

I am in shock of what has transpired over the past month (and more so what has happened in the past week.)

this
           obviously this too

But, I have also been shocked by this. Not just the riots and looting. But the shootings that have happened throughout the country to innocent men and women who are trying to protect and serve others.

Now. I believe the officers in the first two links show everything wrong that can transpire when one group, or one person, feels that they are above another group or person.

I also believe that those claiming that blatant crimes are "justice" are in the wrong.

Okay.

To my title.

The other week my family and I re-read "The Last Battle" by C.S Lewis. This is one of my favorite books in the Chronicles of Narnia, and also one of the ones where I feel the saddest.

The saddest part of the book to me are the dwarfs.  I could give you a whole backstory here but what is important to know is that "the dwarfs are for the dwarfs."


What did this phrase mean? It meant that they would not side with those that were actually seeking justice for the Narnians and they would not side with those against the Narnians. They were for themselves. But it didn't just stop there. Instead of leaving the fight between the two parties, the dwarfs actively destroyed those around them. Killing the Narnian talking horses, shooting down Calormene soldiers left and right, because "the dwarfs are for the dwarfs!"

Honestly, you might be looking at this mess of my thoughts and be thinking "what does this have to do with anything?" Well, luckily (hopefully) we are not this far that we cannot recognize those who are trying to help us have a better world and those who are intent to destroy all that is good. For the most part, we can see who is there to overcome the injustices that are part of an imperfect society.

However, in viewing how a few minorities have responded (by more violence and by taking revenge on people who have truly done no wrong) it frightens me that there are some who are so much for themselves that instead of fighting the good fight, they are purposefully tearing down everyone to gain what they want.

Continue posting about the injustices in the world. Continue trying to fight them. Strive to understand those from different backgrounds than you. Work on and teach empathy. And above all remember, "...courage, child: we are all between the paws of the true Aslan.”
   

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Church thought:
"May we be equally committed to freeing the world from the virus of hunger, freeing neighborhoods and nations from the virus of poverty. May we hope for schools where students are taught—not terrified they will be shot—and for the gift of personal dignity for every child of God, unmarred by any form of racial, ethnic, or religious prejudice. Undergirding all of this is our relentless hope for greater devotion to the two greatest of all commandments: to love God by keeping His counsel and to love our neighbors by showing kindness and compassion, patience and forgiveness.11 These two divine directives are still—and forever will be—the only real hope we have for giving our children a better world than the one they now know." --Jeffrey R. Holland

Song thought:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cTBx-hHf4BE