5 Things we must do after the verdict

By now everyone has heard the verdict from the George Zimmerman trial.  If you haven't, two words, Not Guilty.  I wanted to talk about this because there will be a lot of emotion and anger within the days to come.  There are 5 things that we (all people) need to do going forward. Accept, Forgive, Move Forward, Be Aware, and Pray.  First we must ACCEPT the fact that the justice system is flawed.  When you can receive more time for shooting yourself (Plaxico Burress), for harming an animal (Michael Vick), not even killing anyone (OJ Simpson) than actually shooting and killing an individual.  That is a PROBLEM!  Second we must FORGIVE George Zimmerman for what he has done.  In the Bible it says that we are to forgive.  In Colossians 3:13 is states that even as the Lord has forgiven you, so you must also forgive.  Forgiveness is key.  Look at the Civil Rights movement from the 1960's, the people then practiced forgiveness.  Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. practices this during this time frame.  They forgave the white people during that time for all the things that they did to them and said I will be right here waiting for you when you want to change. Although you forgive someone you do not have to forget.  Third we must MOVE FORWARD.  Although this may seem like the injustice of all injustices, it is by far just another.  These things happen and they seem to happen a lot to one group of individuals.  So the verdict was issued, be mad for the day if you want, for a week even.  But don't let it distract you from your focus.  Don't let it cloud your judgement and miss the opportunity to receive a blessing or be blessing to someone else because you are overcome with emotion or anger over something that some that has no direct effect on you.  However I am aware that just because it doesn't effect you directly, it probably effects you indirectly as does most people.  Which brings me to the next point, fourth BE AWARE.  We must now be cautious in every thing that we do.  We must be aware of how we are going to be perceived because in that instance, as we have seen from this case, it could be a matter of Life and Death.  It is not fair that it is this way, but it is what it is.  Think about this, you know that wearing a certain color in some parts of LA can lead to you being associated to something you have nothing to do with.  Because you understand that and how different gangs perceive certain colors.  I feel that as a society we have become immune to the fact of perception because we feel that we have come along way (which in certain aspects we have others not so much).  But the fact remains that now we must all be more cognizant of our surroundings, realize how we are being viewed and try to project on others the way we want to be viewed.  Last we need to PRAY.  Pray for the family of Trayvon Martin as they go through this difficult time.  Pray that there will be Justice for Trayvon.  Pray for George Zimmerman that he repents for the wrongdoing that was done.  And if you have a hard time praying for Zimmerman just pray to God because at the end of the day Zimmerman will have to face and answer to him when it is all said and done.  So Accept, Forgive, Move Forward, Be Aware, and Pray.  These are the 5 THINGS WE MUST DO AFTER THE VERDICT.