Who do you follow the ‘Donald’ or Aaron Rogers when it comes to your view of Muslims?

What has happened to having common sense and a heart to care for fellow human beings in tough circumstances? The Trumpster is ready to close all Mosques because of the terrorist attacks this last week and now a growing group of governors have chosen to label all Syrian refugees as being extremist terrorists. The person who stands out this last week is Aaron Rogers, a quarterback, who purposely spoke out against a fan in the stands who said something totally racist and inappropriate.

What has happened to our society that we continue to react out of fear instead of having a broader sense of providing hope and help to those that are being persecuted are experiencing injustice? The mindset or logic that unfortunately typifies most of our presidential contenders would see us firing all ‘White’ Police Officers or arresting all ‘Black’ Men that hang out on the street. Isn’t it possible to step back and see that out of the billions of Christians and Muslims in the world today that 99.99 % are amazing people who do care about the human race and would be willing to help if the opportunity was provided for them?

The sad commentary because of the media’s coverage of tragic events that brings them into our lives instantly is it becomes too easy to follow the lead of those who scream the loudest either out of ignorance or fear. Again the voices that get attention would talk about bombing the ‘Hell’ out of certain people groups or just as crazy to establish a deportation posse that would round up 12 million Hispanics and ship them across the border regardless of the circumstances!

This last week I again saw the heart of a group of Muslim students that chose to do something rather radical for anyone! Muai and his group of friends volunteered to help paint a house of a low-income senior with my group that were predominately Christians. I’m so impressed with my Muslim friends who totally shatter the stereotype of Islamic people as being unwilling to mix with non-Muslim groups and take a risk working with people who could be critical of them after the terror attacks in Paris, Beirut and the growing list of attacks. The simple fact is that Muai is no different than the rest of my 200 plus volunteers that helped paint seven houses of seniors this last Saturday.

So what has happened to the church and our society when it comes to showing real grace and compassion to the widow, orphan or in this context the refugee that would be murdered if they stayed in their country? Has our society forgotten that all of our descendants were at some point the alien or foreigner in the land or the Native American that was persecuted or the African American Slave that was seeking justice and freedom?

My heart is broken after the events last Friday but I have hope for the future because I witnessed a large group of people of all backgrounds, i.e. Chinese, Korean, Muslim, Christian, Gay and an assortment of ethnic mixes show real kindness to a group of low-income seniors!