Jesus Weeps for America

A reflection on mass shootings in America

Jonny Masters
ILLUMINATION
Published in
1 min readMay 30, 2022

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Photo by Sophia Müller on Unsplash

Jesus weeps for you, America. His tears fall, one for every bullet and gun you sell for no good reason. He shudders that His love has been warped and twisted and allowed to be the foundation for terrible violence. “Let the little children come to me,” He said. Why must you let that be taken so literally?

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Jonny Masters
ILLUMINATION

Editor of Poetry Playground. I write poetry and stories with themes such as pets, tourism, humour and politics. I also write about being gay and Christian.