Colossians 3: 16 - "Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom, teaching and admonishing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord. " (NKJV)
I have to confess that I have been weary… so very weary this week. At times I found it difficult to sleep when I was supposed to, and to stay awake at other times.
Lately my mind has been alternately caught in a torrent of angry reds and
melancholy blues that seem to wash over me and steal my breath. They leave me gasping, and heaving for
what?... Air? Hope? Love? Mercy? Maybe all of these. I hear so much venom in people’s voices and
see it dripping from the words they write as they express this opinion or
that. Why have we as a society seemingly
lost the ability to treat one another with basic kindness?
In the course of a week, I have witnessed the destruction unfold in a suburb of St. Louis, and seen up close the devastation wrought by a single horrible incident that resulted in the loss of the life of a young man; irrevocably changing the course of so many lives around the principle characters who are at the center of this tragedy. With these occurrences also come the inevitable proclamations of right and wrong, what we should do’s, and what went wrongs. Then more attacks begin… “He did this because he is a [fill in your angry adjective here].” “That person needs Jesus!” “It’s because this country has turned its back on God and now we’re being judged.” “It’s God’s will.” Or more often by contrast: “There is no God and this proves it.” “Where is your God now?” “Seems like a loving God would have stopped this from happening.”
UUHHHGGGGGG!!!!!!!!
