Lauren Daigle Is Called Out for Staying Silent About George Floyd, Responds With Tearful Instagram Video

The Christian singer sent a heartfelt message to the African American community who is devastated by this heinous act of murder:

“For the people of color who are struggling and mourning and are sad today, my heart is with you. And to say that I get it and I understand that that’s wrong. I did not grow up a color other than this. I will not be able to walk a mile in your shoes. I’m not going to sit here and fake like I can. But that does not mean that my compassion for you and my love for you isn’t fully present…

“I care about the black community and I care about the people of color. And I care about what goes on in the world and I care about when the world is moaning, when the heart of man is groaning. I care about those things.”

Taking a wider look at humanity, the artist maintained that ‘what we have here is a need to look into the eyes of people.’

“When we are at the grocery store checking out our groceries, not to rush past, but to be available,” she continued. “Honor your neighbor as yourself, to love your neighbor as yourself.”

Daigle concluded her message with a prayer for the Lord’s “comfort,” while pleading Him to “wake up” the world, that they may “turn from evil.”

Christian artist Jamie Grace left a powerful reply for Daigle in the comment section, asking her to take a few further ideas into consideration:

“Thank you for posting this, Lauren. I know we haven’t talked in a while but I hope you know that I support you and know that your voice is beautifully influential. I know that you said this is difficult to process and you didn’t watch the video in its entirety as you don’t want this to feel normal, but might I ask, whether you watch it or not – please don’t withhold from feeling it ALL. Allow yourself to feel it all. As black people, this IS normal to us. And we don’t have the privilege of to not acknowledge the normalcy.

This is not a killing movie or violent video game, this is potentially my reality every time my husband goes to Chick-fil-A or the gas station. This is the conversation that our sons and brothers have as young as 8, learning to seem less ‘scary’ so they can come home from school,” she said. “This is ‘n***er’ shouted from the very churches I am booked to lead worship. And whatever our white peers need to do to feel what we feel – we need you to press into it and feel it. We want change. And I genuinely believe in my heart that you do too. But that change begins with empathy, so that the change is not FOR us, but WITH us.”