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So, why not?

Once again I find my heart heavy after another tragic event in the country.  We hear the obligatory "Why did this happen?" and search for answers.

 But, even during my sadness this time, I found myself asking, "Why not?"  

 Our morality in this country is at an all-time low....so is church attendance and people even associating themselves with the term "Christian".  So, why not?

 I don't say that callously or to start some political rants.  I turned to myself first.  Then I got mad.  Tragedies are inevitable.  Acts of terror, regardless of where they come from, will continue to harm our citizens of this country unless we turn from our wicked ways...wait, I've heard that before...

 "...if my people, who are called by my name, will humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, and I will forgive their sin and will heal their land."  2 Chronicles 7:14
I was also to drawn the scripture in Matthew 25:31-46 where the Lord said that if you have done it to the least of these, you have done it unto me.  I truly believe that is true in reverse, too.  One of things I've heard a lot of is that it is hoped that these people will be brought to justice to the fullest extent of the law.  I believe even Mr. Obama mentioned something to this effect.  But, God is already aware of who has perpetrated this horrific act.  I believe that God cried yesterday as He watched in horror as those bombs detonated.  And I believe He lovingly opened his arms to welcome that little boy into heaven yesterday.  And, I truly believe that as all of the horror unfolded, God may have said to the bombers, "You may think you have done this to the least of these, and now you have done it unto ME."

Yes, I am praying for those affected in the Boston tragedy, but it has been laid heavy on my heart for all of America.  We must turn from our wicked ways.  We must find our moral center.  We must turn back to the Bible.

Simple as that.  My prayer is that we don't have to keep burying innocent people and babies. My prayer is that we care enough for our own souls to seek the Lord.  My prayer is that we love others enough that we stop looking to have all the "fun" we think we need to have and realize that HEAVEN is eternal "fun" that cannot be matched.  My prayer is that if I am affected by any senseless tragic act, that my heart is ready to meet my Lord and Savior and the life that I have led will brings others to the Cross.

 “When the Son of Man comes in his glory, and all the angels with him, he will sit on his glorious throne. All the nations will be gathered before him, and he will separate the people one from another as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats. He will put the sheep on his right and the goats on his left.
“Then the King will say to those on his right, ‘Come, you who are blessed by my Father; take your inheritance, the kingdom prepared for you since the creation of the world. For I was hungry and you gave me something to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink, I was a stranger and you invited me in, I needed clothes and you clothed me, I was sick and you looked after me, I was in prison and you came to visit me.’ “Then the righteous will answer him, ‘Lord, when did we see you hungry and feed you, or thirsty and give you something to drink? When did we see you a stranger and invite you in, or needing clothes and clothe you? When did we see you sick or in prison and go to visit you?’ “The King will reply, ‘Truly I tell you, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers and sisters of mine, you did for me.’  “Then he will say to those on his left, ‘Depart from me, you who are cursed, into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels. For I was hungry and you gave me nothing to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me nothing to drink, I was a stranger and you did not invite me in, I needed clothes and you did not clothe me, I was sick and in prison and you did not look after me.’ “They also will answer, ‘Lord, when did we see you hungry or thirsty or a stranger or needing clothes or sick or in prison, and did not help you?’ “He will reply, ‘Truly I tell you, whatever you did not do for one of the least of these, you did not do for me.’ “Then they will go away to eternal punishment, but the righteous to eternal life.”




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