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Dear God, I was talking yesterday with a young woman in her 20s who works with me. She was interviewing me for a college class assignment and she asked me about my attitudes towards the American Dream and the current ability for people to advance. It was an interesting question. Then a friend with whom I talk every week mentioned the recent scandal with the people using their money to get their children access to college. That topic kind of supported the answer I gave to the young woman.
When I was in my 20s, I didn’t really think of people here as being corrupt. I thought that was something that happened more in other countries. But we (the U.S.) have our systems in place that depend on law and order. We have our rules to prevent corruption. No, I thought there was fairness here.
Now, about 25 years later, I’ve seen plenty of corruption, both in person and through the news. Maybe I’ve even participated a little here an there unwittingly. So what does my faith in you tell me to do about this? Do I address it? Do I accept it? I honestly don’t know. As a man who has benefited from White Privilege his whole life, it is pretty easy to ignore it because I have never been at the other end of an unjust legal situation or even a cashier at the grocery store who seemingly treated me rudely because of my skin color. Therefore, I’m not terribly motivated to do anything about it. Where would I even begin to start?
Father, I’m not saying that that is the answer. I’m not saying that you are calling me to ignore corruption. Far from it. But what to do about it is something else entirely. Perhaps my role is to reach out and help those who are close to me who are victims of a corrupt system. I don’t know where you are leading me in this. Please guide my heart and show me in each moment what I should do.
In Jesus’ name I pray,
Amen
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