Editor,
As Easter approaches, my thoughts turn to those bracelets Christians once wore with the acronym “WWJD” for all the world to see.
The four letters stood for the words, “What Would Jesus Do?” The bracelets designated those wearing them as proud Christians. With a single glance at their wrists, the wearer was reminded to view each act they took through the eyes of Jesus Christ.
WWJD? I sure wish some clever entrepreneur would bring those bracelets back. They should be sent to every member of Congress.
At this time of year, Christian children are told the story of the Crucifixion and the Resurrection, as well as the story of the money-changers. When I looked at the billionaires surrounding Donald Trump following his election, the money-changers story immediately came to mind.
WWJD? As I recall, Jesus became furious, made himself a whip, turned over tables in his anger and drove the money-changers out of the temple, calling it a den of robbers rather than a house of prayer.
We have sacred temples in Washington, D.C., filled to the brim with money-changers. These buildings may not be temples of prayer, but they are sacred, nevertheless, to the preservation of American democracy.
Don’t get me wrong, I absolutely do not consider the White House or the halls of Congress to be houses of prayer; I believe them to be the exact opposite.
However, these houses of democracy remain sacred to me; places where integrity, principle, courage and patriotism should be foremost on the minds of every representative sent there with a solemn oath to preserve, protect and defend the Constitution.
Instead, we have a hoard of money- changers greedily haunting the halls of Congress. And sadly, the biggest money-changer of them all is sitting on his throne as our head of state.
WWJD?
M.E. Walls
Boerne resident
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