have read many posts shedding light on the tragic events of last Friday.. addressing questions that many ask when something as evil as the massacre in Newtown happens...
someone commented on one post I shared, that in her opinion the fact that God has been banned from the public life ( that includes schools) for a long time had nothing to do with the shooting...
thankfully yesterday a man, much more eloquent than I could ever be, addressed those that shared my friends opinion..
he stated that obviously we are not saying that had there been prayer in the school in Newtown, Connecticut, the shooting wouldn't have happened..
evil has always been there and until Jesus comes back one day ( and only God knows when that will be ) it will rear it's ugly head again and again..
in His Word God promises to bless and protect those that "fear" Him ( as in revere, obey, respect, worship and love Him )
the US as well as Canada have a rich Christian heritage, that unfortunately has been disintegrating over many years now.. not sure how many of us still "fear" the Lord...
when only 0.3 % of churches reach out to the community with the gospel you can be sure that in the places vacated by God, evil has indeed moved in.. and with a vengeance ...
Jesus said:
“When an evil spirit comes out of a man, it goes through arid places seeking rest and does not find it. Then it says, ‘I will return to the house I left.’ When it arrives, it finds the house unoccupied, swept clean and put in order. Then it goes and takes with it seven other spirits more wicked than itself, and they go in and live there. And the final condition of that man is worse than the first. That is how it will be with this wicked generation.”
evil is as real as God is.. Satan has come to kill and destroy.. and he must have had a hay day on Friday, when all those precious little ones were gunned down..
the Good News is that even in this, the "Good" will prevail.. God will take the horrible and turn it into good for those that love Him and have been called according to His purpose.. this purpose is to prosper and not to harm, to provide a hope and a future..
He is going to bring beauty from the ashes and He will make all things beautiful in His time..
He came to take our broken hearts and to give us His.. making us into a new creation... able now to choose right over wrong, one step at a time...
able to comfort those in pain with the comfort we have received, able to love and hold up the broken.. being Jesus' hugs and smiles, His hands and feet.. let's be this to the World, so that they may know the "baby has come".......
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