So each week in my English class, we get what’s called an “Article of the Week” or “AOW”. Basically, it’s a news article on some random current event that we must annotate and discuss on the Thursday of the week we get it in a Socratic Seminar (aka, a large group discussion about our opinions and views of the article).
Explanation aside, today we got our last AOW of the year and it was on a thing called the Ferguson Effect. Basically, the police and the people in Chicago and other cities with similar trends, are looking for something to blame for the intense increase of crime and murder rates in these cities, statistics that have gone higher than they have been in decades. It’s perfectly plausible that they would want to blame something or someone, even if only to avoid being blamed.
However, what struck me as odd about this article was how it seemed like I knew this was coming. Like I knew what was going on. I thought about, then remembered something I had read a few weeks ago about the six seals when looking in Revelations. I know God made me remember, because I wouldn’t have thought of something that specific. Revelations 6:3-4 says “When He opened the second seal, I heard the second living creature saying, “Come and see.” Another horse, fiery red, went out. And it was granted to the one who sat on it to take peace from the earth, and that people should kill one another; and there was given to him a great sword.”
Needless to say…… It’s gonna be a really interesting Thursday…
I will post an update after the seminar to tell you guys how it went.
Little Things In Life 