Beautiful Day

Quite literally, it is one of the most breath-taking-ly beautiful day's I've seen. The sky is the perfect color of mystery blue, there's cool breeze, and it's about 85. It was hard to stay indoors today.

But the beauty of the day isn't merely a matter of the weather. Today is a day that no matter what ill news may come (Stupid IRS) my heart will still rejoice. Today is a day when Justice is introducing itself to our history.

After years of relentless violence and horrible massacre the world's courts have begun to open their sleepy eyes and see the genocide in Darfur. The Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court is seeking to press charges of genocide against the president of Sudan. (http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/07/14/icc.transcript/index.html?eref=rss_world) If this warrent for arrest is issued, and President Omar Hassan al-Bashir is finally submitted into the earthly hands of justice, all should rejoice.

No, the violence in Africa won't stop. But, the hell that is Darfur and all of Sudan will perhaps know the peace that has been prayed for by so many. The voices of thousands of protestors will be heard and not haven fallen on deaf ears.

Pray that the beauty of the moment of justice will come. That it comes quickly. That the evil that has drenched the ground blood red will be bound on earth. That the tiny bits of morality that hold our fabric of society together will hold strong and rightly punish the wrong. Because, if no charges are brought, or if a prosecution fails in this court - hope is lost for the remaining inhabitants of that region. Retaliation is the free cool-aid of Africa and everyone's thirsty, and if not they're forced to drink.

PRAY. If you've ever had tug at your heart for Africa or for Darfur muster it up, put your foot on the spiritual battle's front line and offer up all that you have. If you don't believe in God or that God has anything to do with the outcome of events, let's put debating aside. Offer your good thoughts, write your congressman, your senator, the President, DO ANYTHING BUT SIT IN FRONT OF A COMPUTER SCREEN AND NOTHING ELSE!