Former New England Patriot Ben Watson hosted a special prayer event with thousands of people over the sin of racism on Sunday afternoon.
“What is always needed is a spiritual change,” Watson said at the Boston Pray event held in the Parkman Bandstand of the Boston Common.
“That’s at the heart of everything. Racism is sin,” said the Christian athlete to a cheering crowd as protests following George Floyd’s death entered into its third week across the nation.
“The idea is to get believers and nonbelievers to come together and pray and seek God’s face in terms of our next steps. When it comes to racism or issues of our day, we must enter into it with humility,” Watson said, according to the Christian Post.
“Everybody wants to do something, but it’s always important to understand that our wisdom is nothing compared to God’s,” he noted. “But also humbly come together to show some unity, even though we have to address some real issues in this city and this nation.”
The ex-NFL star asserted that change won’t come until people have “honest conversations and do the work that needs to be done.”
The importance of treating people with the kindness that they want to receive was stressed by Watson.
He also noted that God is a “God of Justice”, and that justice meant that people were recompensed in either protection or punishment.
Watson added that…
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