Unbelieveable!!!

What year is it? Honestly, I thought this was 2008, but right now I have a friend who seems to be in a time warp. A very scary time warp full of nonsense and hate. He seems to have been thrown back in time when there was segregation and hate for no other reason than the color of your skin. And yet, this is 2008 40 years since Martin Luther King Jr. was killed for his efforts to promote equlity and peace. 40years since desegregation. Yet, my friend finds himself in the middle of a nightmare.

Noah is an associate pastor in a small town about 40 minutes north of where I live. Noah happens to be an African American man living in a prodominatly white town. He has been there for a year now and his church and youth all love him. However, someone in the town doesn't. The last few month he has been receiving threating messages and it has now escaladed into his home being broken in to and his dog being kidnapped and killed. If you want to hear the whole story just click on the link named Noah under my friends list.

It amazes me how much hate can be so engrained into people. Hate is not something we are born with, it is something we are taught. It is also somthing that is not easily changed. I ask that you will join with me in prayer for Noah and for who ever is responsible for all of this. Pray that God will protect Noah, help Him to stand strong, and to continue to be an amazing man of God. Pray for who ever is responsible that their heart will be changed, that they will see the harm they are causing and that the cycle of hate would be broken in their family.