Monday, December 17, 2012
Things to remember from a tragedy...
Everyone is still talking about the tragedy that shook our nation last Friday. As a Christian, here a some things I was reminded about and that I must remember.
There is evil in this world. Has been since man's fall in the Garden
Satan targets the innocent. He did it in Moses' time. He did it when God sent his son. Satan is a baby killer. Sometimes he uses gunmen. Sometimes it is abortion.
This happened in our country and was heavily covered by news outlets. Things just like this happen all over the world every day. Doesn't make this easier, just need to remember that.
I don't want to be too self-righteous. Evil can -- and has -- infected me. This is not the time to compare degrees of evil. Sin is always horrible.
This world is not my home. There is not going to be heaven on earth in our time. Sin, pain, tears, death, and evil are here till Jesus returns and takes us home. Real home. Heaven.
There is horrible pain all around me. Just in my church and in my neighborhood there are those going thru the holidays for the first time without parents, spouses, and kids who have died. There are people wondering if their marriage will survive another year. Friends battling for their life with addictions. Christians eaten up with the guilt of their sin. Despair, pain, guilt, anger, grief. It is everywhere.
God is still God and he didn't want it to be this way. Choices. He lets us all make them. Sometimes we make bad ones. Horrible ones. God will make all things right someday.
God gets his people through the hard times. What do those people without Jesus do?
Bad and evil things can happen to any of us -- or our families -- at any time. This is especially true if we are Christians. Satan hates us most of all.
This is not about the trouble with our country or our culture needing to come back to God. We have never been a Christian nation. God's kingdom is not about the boundaries we draw. Hearts turn to God, not countries.
God and Jesus are the only answers. The only answers.
I want Jesus to come soon.
Have I not commanded you. Be strong and courageous. Do not be terrified; do not be discouraged, for the Lord your God will be with you wherever you go. Joshua 1:9
There is evil in this world. Has been since man's fall in the Garden
Satan targets the innocent. He did it in Moses' time. He did it when God sent his son. Satan is a baby killer. Sometimes he uses gunmen. Sometimes it is abortion.
This happened in our country and was heavily covered by news outlets. Things just like this happen all over the world every day. Doesn't make this easier, just need to remember that.
I don't want to be too self-righteous. Evil can -- and has -- infected me. This is not the time to compare degrees of evil. Sin is always horrible.
This world is not my home. There is not going to be heaven on earth in our time. Sin, pain, tears, death, and evil are here till Jesus returns and takes us home. Real home. Heaven.
There is horrible pain all around me. Just in my church and in my neighborhood there are those going thru the holidays for the first time without parents, spouses, and kids who have died. There are people wondering if their marriage will survive another year. Friends battling for their life with addictions. Christians eaten up with the guilt of their sin. Despair, pain, guilt, anger, grief. It is everywhere.
God is still God and he didn't want it to be this way. Choices. He lets us all make them. Sometimes we make bad ones. Horrible ones. God will make all things right someday.
God gets his people through the hard times. What do those people without Jesus do?
Bad and evil things can happen to any of us -- or our families -- at any time. This is especially true if we are Christians. Satan hates us most of all.
This is not about the trouble with our country or our culture needing to come back to God. We have never been a Christian nation. God's kingdom is not about the boundaries we draw. Hearts turn to God, not countries.
God and Jesus are the only answers. The only answers.
I want Jesus to come soon.
Have I not commanded you. Be strong and courageous. Do not be terrified; do not be discouraged, for the Lord your God will be with you wherever you go. Joshua 1:9
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1) We,in the church, try to 'grow' christianity by expecting that laws, court decisions, politics and politicians be more christlike. We forget that we are not given that authority. We are only able to plant and water and God gives the growth. 2) We will never be in the majority but what an influence we can have when we,the minority, pray.
# posted by 
: 5:53 PM PST
: 5:53 PM PST
Is Satan the mentally ill, and if so is the person accountable?
There is a lot of gray between the black and white in some of the horrific crimes we have been reading about lately. It would appear to be more complex in many of these cases, than just a "simple bad choice".
Intresting comment about this country not being a christian nation-are other countries more Godly?
There is a lot of gray between the black and white in some of the horrific crimes we have been reading about lately. It would appear to be more complex in many of these cases, than just a "simple bad choice".
Intresting comment about this country not being a christian nation-are other countries more Godly?
Good points. The question of mental illness has always puzzled me. I have to trust God to sort that out. I do think prayer is a powerful weapon against Satan.
I don't think any country is -- or will be -- godly. I don't believe the kingdom of God is associated with any geographic or political entity.
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I don't think any country is -- or will be -- godly. I don't believe the kingdom of God is associated with any geographic or political entity.
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