The only thing that triumphed on Friday in Kenosha, Wisconsin was justice.
It is tragic that two men lost their lives.
It is tragic that that a third was wounded.
It is tragic that Kyle Rittenhouse will bear the scars and wounds of memories from that fateful night for the rest of his life.
It is tragic that numerous property owners were violated and lost livelihoods’ and hard earned property. Sadly, all of it was preventable.

If evil men had stayed home and not burned and pillaged property, they would still be in the land of the living.
If evil media pundits had not stoked class envy and identity politics perhaps that night would have been peaceful instead of full of blood.
If evil political leaders had not tweeted lies and deception… but I guess it’s only an “if”. Sadly, evil thugs and bullies created a narrative in our nation that has brought us to the sad state of things we now see- division, hostility and distrust.
Where will it all end?

Thankfully, our constitution guarantees the right to assemble, to protest, to seek a redress for grievances and to freely speak our mind.
That right doesn’t extend to lawless pilfering and pillaging. To go with a mob to do evil is cowardice at its worst. Sadly, we have somehow equated protest with anarchy.
Martin Luther King would weep if he could see how a movement he once piloted on a platform of peaceful protest has become a cloak for the worst kinds of evil a society can stomach.

You must not spread a false report. Do not join the wicked to be a malicious witness. You must not follow a crowd in wrongdoing. Do not testify in a lawsuit and go along with a crowd to pervert ⌊justice⌋. Do not show favoritism to a poor person in his lawsuit.
Exodus 23:1-3

Kyle has much to be thankful for this Thanksgiving. So do we.
Justice triumphed. For that let us be grateful to the Lord.
Because of grace,
Tim

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