Genocide Awareness Month

April is genocide awareness month. This is a time when people come together to remember those who have lost their lives to this hateful crime over the years. Let me back up for a second. Let me tell you what genocide is. Genocide is a hateful act that people commit to others, may it be because of the race, ethinicty or religion. They kill them because of one of these. The people that commit this crime do not even care if you are a man or woman, child or adult. If they do not like the way you live they will kill you. The term genocide was first used in the 1940's because of the Holocaust, however genocide has been around for years. An example would be in the Bible, in Matthew 2:16. King Herod was having the all baby boys killed because he didn't want the Messiah to live. He was killing innocent babies because of Jesus. That was a form a genocide and that still happens today in different countries.

What we as christians can do, is to participate in local organizations and help out. Start online prayer group. Also I believe that schools to teach more of this topic in school, so that students know what is going on around the world. Also they are the future and they could be the ones that could grow up and help be the solution to stopping this problem. But I believe as Christians we just need to continue praying for the people that are having to go through it now and also we need to keep in remembrance those who have lost their lives because of this crime. Keep Faith to end Genocide!