Im sitting here reading about the movie theater shooting in Lafayette, Louisiana. I have a dear friend who lives in Lafayette and had just taken her kids to that theater a week ago.
With each new story that rolls out, my heart aches. Don't just READ the story of the shooting, absorb it and realize it's not just 3 people that died.....3 PEOPLE DIED just from going to a movie!!! Doesn't that infuriate you like it does me? Doesn't it break your heart? What if it was your wife who had gone out with the girls for the night and you nonchalantly said bye to her when she left because you knew she would be home later. She's not. She's gone. Does that change how you view that story at all? IT SHOULD!
Let's not forget the horror the father will have to live with for the rest of his life when hearing, "Help me Dad!" as his daughter dies from being shot. Again, don't just read that. IMAGINE it was your kid.
I understand being cautious and teaching our kids to watch out for
strangers, look both ways, etc. We can teach them about things like that. There's an evil that's developed and it
seems impossible to prepare for because you literally have NO idea when
or where it will attack. Is it possible to teach something you don't understand because I certainly don't understand this world we're living in? It's not just in big cities like New York, LA
or Chicago. Lafayette, Louisiana! Chattanooga, Tennessee where we
were just on vacation!!
Our world has become so numb to everything. We read the headlines of the news for the day. We watch the "breaking news" to tell us of some new disastrous situation that's just happened. We watch it, may even post about it on Facebook, say a prayer and then keep on moving along. We're dehumanizing so many things in an effort to just survive.
PEOPLE!!!! This WHOLE world is in serious trouble and aside from Jesus returning to save us from all of this, I just don't see anything getting any better! I actually see it getting worse. How many stories of leaving animals and children in hot cars will it take?? We hear about that almost weekly now. The dog that was shot TWICE and left on the railroad tracks. The dog that had the duct tape around its muzzle. Hanging puppies and posting the pictures. Beyond that, beheading innocent children for believing in God. Veterans not being taken care of. SELLING DEAD BABIES!!!!!!!!!!! Going into a church and killing so many innocent people because of the hate in his heart. Killing our soldiers on OUR ground. And on and on and on.....
Now we're going to get geared up for a Presidential Election. In a time where the world needs to come together, all of these candidates are already strategizing how to annihilate their opponents. Who really wins when you people do that? Stop worrying about smearing your opponents and show us what YOU have done and will do. You know what that reminds me of? Elementary school tattle-tailing. "Obama did so and soooooo", "Yeah well Hilary did it first"......such childishness. Why don't you all just go ahead and end every campaign commercial with "Yo Momma!" I mean, wasn't that the stereotypical comeback from kids?
Seriously though people, I truly hope you've reconciled in your heart what you believe because the time IS coming. I don't know about you, but there's nothing comparable to an eternity in Heaven and I know, with absolute certainty that is where I'm going. Believing in God isn't enough. You can't just say "Oh yeah, I believe in God!" Even the demons believe in God, right? What are you going to do with your belief?
He's coming back.......and tomorrow's not soon enough.
