The Path of Trayvon

If you don't know about the death of Trayvon Martin and the trial of George Zimmerman, you have been under a large rock.  There has been lots of talk and speculation in regards to race, but I want to set that aside.  The reality is that from what has been seen, reported and heard by the jurors, Trayvon had an attitude.  He allegedly assaulted a bus driver, got into a fight at school and was said to have attacked George Zimmerman.  It has nothing to do with the color of his skin, I see students from every ethic background and pigmentation there is have a bad attitude and act very disrspectful.

Kids today have a strange view of respect.  They expect to be respected before they will offer any respect.  They will disrespect you until you respect them, but if you disrespect them, they won't respect you.  As adults, we are suppose to give respect to disrespectful kids so they will respect us.  They are rude and arrogant in every culture, class and socioeconomic setting.  They have learned it, they are living it and for the most part, they are getting worse.

It's a shame that it escalated to the point of death for Trayvon, but don't assume for a minute it is because he is black.  It is because our society is failing our children.  We have continued down a path of arrogance and disrespect.  Everything has begun to focus on our pleasure and our happiness.  We no longer focus on what is good for the community, what is good for the family, what is good for the kids.  Do you know why divorce rate is so high?  Why so many kids don't have a father?  Why we are living in a society where the economy plummets and unemployment rises, yet same sex marriage is the biggest fight on everyone's mind?  It's because we are devoted to pleasure, getting what we want and what we think we deserve with no thought of the bigger picture.

The Revolution Inversion exists because we have pushed the lines of individual entitlement to a point of destruction.  It's a call back to community and faith and thinking about others.  It's a push to seek for justice and mercy and not fulfillment of self.  It's a call to return to the principles and values given by God and set down in His Word.  This is the only way to break from the path of Trayvon and George.  This is the only way out of the decline that will swallow us whole.  I hope you'll join me.

-Dan