Are We Our Brother's Keeper?

In the book of Genesis we have the scene of Cain killing his brother Able, out of jealousy. God then comes to Cain and asks him where his brother is (knowing well that he had killed his brother). Cain replies, with the now famous line, "I do not know, am I my brothers keeper?" Gen 4:9. In other words, how should I know, find him yourself God! Pretty belligerent words, coming from Cain toward God. God responds, "Listen: Your brother's blood cries out to Me for the soil!" Gen 4:10
But don't we all act like Cain in a sense telling God the same thing when it comes to people who are victims of crime? How many times have we seen something bad happening to someone and we say to ourselves, 'that's none of my business' or 'they made their own bed, now let them sleep in it' or the like? We as a society need to wake up and understand that WE ARE OUR BROTHERS KEEPER! We need to watch out for one another and stand up for injustices which are happening, not only in 'other' parts of the world, but in our own back yards! We need the Power of The Holy Spirit. That Power which is called DUNAMIS in the New Testament Greek, from which we get our word DYNAMITE! We need to be more involved with others. To care about them so that when we see something happening that should not be, we can recognize the red flag and act (preventatively).
So the answer to Cain's question is a resounding YES, we ARE our brother's keeper. When God sees injustice, His response is the same as that to Cain, "Listen: Your brother's blood cries out to me from the soil!" Are we LISTENING as God requests?

Read the following article...how long will it take us to wake up and be involved with each other so we can possibly prevent such things...

July 29, 2009(CNN) -- Police are searching for someone who killed a woman in her Massachusetts apartment and cut an 8-month-old fetus from her body.

Officers found Darlene Haynes dead after neighbors complained about a stench coming from her Worcester apartment.

The 23-year-old was found in the closet of a bedroom, wrapped in bedding, according to authorities. She was last seen on Thursday, police said.

Haynes had been dead for several days, police said. During an autopsy, police learned that a fetus had been removed from the woman's body.
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Police say the missing infant could survive, but would need immediate medical attention.

A friend of Haynes told CNN affiliate WHDH that she had received a text message from Haynes at 11:20 p.m. Thursday that said she was having wine coolers with a friend at her apartment. That was the last she heard from her.