What do we do?
I was visiting with my dad this morning (it’s his
birthday–Happy Birthday, Dad!), and he shared a disturbing story from my home
state of Ohio. A man murdered his wife and then asked his neighbor for permission
to bury his dead dog on his property. The neighbor granted him permission, not
knowing the man would actually bury his dead wife! What do you do with a story
like that? (https://www.portclintonnewsherald.com/story/news/crime/2021/04/28/genoa-ohio-man-charged-murder-missing-wife/4870141001/)
In Florida, a fourteen-year-old boy took a thirteen-year-old girl into a wooded area and proceeded to stab her 114 times as the terrified victim desperately tried to fight off her attacker. 114 times! What do you do with that? (https://www.cnn.com/2021/05/29/us/florida-teen-stabbing-first-degree-murder-charge/index.html)
In California, a man serving time at Corcoran State Prison attacked his cell mate with a make shift knife, decapitated the man and dissected portions of the man’s body. Prison guards discovered the mutilated body the next morning next to the murderer who was wearing a necklace made of the dissected body parts. What do you do with that? (https://nypost.com/2021/05/29/prison-guards-didnt-notice-satanist-tortured-beheaded-cellmate/)
I live near Minneapolis where crime rates have skyrocketed this year. Minneapolis has one of the highest crime rates in the nation. Homicides have more than doubled compared to this time last year. Other cities have experienced surges in crime and homicide as well. Violence is on the rise and societal morality is on the decline. We live in a time when society views gender as subjective, facts as irrelevant, and the Bible as outdated. The boundaries of morality are shifting at an exponential rate in the arena of cancel culture. Rather than foundational principles of morality grounded on an absolute, we live in the shifting sand of morality where the next wave wipes out what was drawn in the sand so someone else gets to write down their new morals. What do you do with that?
A friend mentioned to me how the country was going downhill, and I replied, “No, the hill has been blown up and the country is in a free fall.” I realize that may be an exaggeration, but it feels that way. My sister-in-law and I were talking about the current situation in the world, and she wondered about what a person could do or prepare for the future. What do we do? As believers, what do we do with everything we see going on in society today?
Thank you Scott! I could hear your voice as I was reading this timely blog. God is faithful to be right with us in whatever we experience and He requires us to put our faith in Him. So, we have an important role in this relationship...trust and obedience. How do we know what to obey? The Bible is His lesson plan for us to study and learn. The result is a rich relationship filled with the peace that only He can give.
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