Tuesday, August 6, 2019

I Confess... Ultimately, I Believe It’s An Issue of Spiritual Health


Once again, this nation is forced to deal with a very real evil in its midst.  Once again, horrific violence seems to be playing out on an almost constant loop as media and social media outlets are inundated with images and pontifications and opinions about the unbridled hatred unleashed upon 2 communities within 24 hours.  Once again, we are left with a choice as to how we proceed as Americans, and as humans being.  And yes, once again, people who claim Christ as their savior are left with the onerous task of trying to live by the example of that same savior in the face of circumstances and oppositions that feel overwhelming bleak.

Debates are raging as to whether the perpetrators are racist, or mentally ill.  People are divided over whether more gun control laws are needed, or more enforcement of those laws are needed. And it isn’t just strangers fueling the growing fires we’re watching.  Lifelong friends and acquaintances are in virtual shouting matches via FB, Twitter, Snapchat and all the other outlets that they share.  Language that is foul and angry… cusses and curses and epithets… memes and pictures that seek to express or incite even more raw emotion… This has become our steady diet.  We are gorging ourselves on it.  We aren’t forced to swallow it.  But we often do it simply because it’s there.  And it’s killing us all.