God says there is none good, no not one. We in America, have
experience that reality so vividly this past week when a gunman who had
just killed his mother walked into an elementary school killed 26
innocent people; 20 of which were children, ages 6-10.
Nothing
can explain the depths of the pain that those closest effected are
feeling, nor can we fathom the reasoning behind such an unspeakable act
of violence. There are no words of condolances great enough to soothe
the wounds left or give us spectators rational.
What
happened that fateful day was indeed a great tragedy, but needn't be
looked at as something foreign from God's perspective. God sees all and
knows all. He knows the heart of manking and knows that in its fallen
state, is evil. The shooter just gave into all the evil that was inside
him, rather than continue to fight against it.
Many
evil deeds are perpetrated daily all over the world. From your Hitlers
and Satlins, to the Ted Bundy's and Mansons. You have the pedophiles
that prey on the young, to the serial killers who stalk their vitems.
The rapist hides in the shadows and the gangs roam the streets.
Neighbore fights neighbor and husband abuses their wives. From fights,
lies, backstabbing, cheating, stealing and yes, muerder, we are ALL
guilty.
On one level or another, we are all the Hitler,
the rapist, the shooter. Some do a better job of supressing the evil
within, while others control the full force of it or hide it all
together. Whatever plane you are on, it still exist in each of us;
breathing, living, waiting for its chance to lash out.
As
we mourn for the latest victems in a long list of tragedies, take a
minute to mourn the shooter who gave into the evil within and ultimately
was consumed by it. Mourn for yourself and society, knowing that the
same potential lives in you and lurks around each smiling face you meet
and greet.
Mourn, yes, for humanity is fallen. Mourn
the fact that despite of fallen nature, God in His mercy sent us a
Savior...and we killed Him also. We are all guilt. No one is clean. We
all must bear the responsibility of contributing evil to a world filled
with evil.
Jesus gave many commandment when it came to
judgments: "Before you try to take out the speck in your brother's eye,
first take out the plank in your own eye" and "He who is without sin,
let him cast the first stone." This is not to excuse the hideous and
atrocious act of the gunman in that school, but wake us up to the
reality that we live in a world gone wrong and if you are not part of
the solution, you ARE the problem.
So let us pray to
God and and ask for forgiveness for the murderer and ourselves also.
Pray for the families of those who are slain and that we do not let evil
overtake us as it did here. Turn to God and follow Jesus and not the
sinful desires of our own hearts. At least then, we will be doing our
part in combating the evil around us instead of contributing to it.
Love God, love people. Let us live by this.
Psalm 147:11
The LORD takes pleasure in those who fear Him,In those who hope in His mercy.
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