Current Events

O Lord, be gracious to us; we wait for you. Be our arm every morning, our salvation in time of trouble.

I can't pretend to know any details or even really more than just the general information about what happened in Colorado. I read a fellow believers blog about being in the actual theatre with her 2 daughters. It was powerful. I can't even imagine a moment like that. I can't even imagine putting a moment like that into words. I can't imagine going through that as a 14-year-old.

This is such a fallen world. When I hear these stories of evil, my heart breaks. Another soul seized by the enemy. The title of that blog entry (and why it caught my attention) was Do You STILL Think God is Merciful? A concept which troubles me because of how against real faith it is. If you are a Christian, you should not expect your life to suddenly become problem and disaster free. If anything you will most likely encounter more trials as all the sudden you have a hoard of anti-Christians (atheists) who are out to prove you are an idiot who perhaps dabbles in hypocrisy and incest. Why all these go along with Jesus I really don't know, but that's fine. If you ever read the Bible, you will never once find any passage that promises an easy, death-free life except those pertaining to the 2nd coming. God promises trials. God promises bad stuff. In fact, God promises it will get worse the closer we get to His return. So do I believe that God allowing people to die is in line with His nature? Well, I believe that is a loaded question. God is perfectly just and righteous. He cannot do evil. Evil is the king of this age. We as humans are completely capable of doing a whole lot of evil. God can stop us, but that's not why He gave us the choice. God wants followers, not slaves. To me, this is kind of a mute point because it has nothing to do with our relationship with God. This is an evil and broken world so stuff will happen. That's life. It's all about how we respond.

Lord, I pray wholeheartedly for those families and friends of victims in Colorado. Lord, You've seen their hurt and You know their needs. Grant them what they need. Grant them eyes to see Your hand working in the midst of these trials. Bring justice to the situation - not man's sense of justice, but Your perfect justice. I pray for the family of the shooter - if they are around. I pray they would have peace in spite of the huge blow. I pray for peace in the hearts of all those affected. I pray for rest in the hearts and minds of all those affected. I pray for unity in the Church to be a solution and a blessing. Grant wisdom to Your followers and discernment to see Your Hand at work.


Amen. Amen. Amen.