Street Fights, Shootings and Economic Undertones
Since that unfortunate evening, other violent acts began to “scream out” at the church for help! Some came in the form of random shots fired near the church—either up in the air or at some other person. There was a gang-styled public “pistol whipping” that led to a fight between the two girlfriends of the young men involved, and both young ladies ended up being rushed to the Emergency Room to be treated for knife-wounds. There was a recent drive-by shooting that left one man lying across the fence of the church, decapitated by a bullet to the neck. There was also another gang fight that was forming in the street after a Bible Study. This time it was initiated by an angry mother whose “Baby-daddy” was not supporting the child. Again, I found myself “miraculously drawn” into the midst of turmoil, but thank God, His Spirit moved in mightily and diffused the whole incident!
Also, there is an underlying economic need that truly needs to be addressed on many levels and on many fronts. For it is not uncommon to see a lady in her late seventies walking from the Washington Park Community to the local Wal-Mart (approx. 2 miles away) just to buy groceries at an affordable price, who would have to walk back in the cold with plastic bags cutting through her frail fingers. What must this do to the mind of this senior citizen—especially when she can remember the days when Laurinburg was thriving with industry and one could find a job almost anywhere? How does the young man feel when the work ethic that once served a source of personal pride (and to a large extent defined his manhood) has been swallowed up in the whirlpool of economic despair?
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