It's frightening to think that my sweet little child will have to grow up in a world that is so filled with hate, cruelty, death, loss, murder, anger, fights, lies, terror and everything else that is scary. How unfair that those who are completely innocent are having to not only be victims of this world, but also be a witness to such a painful time in our history. I feel like we can't go a day without our news feeds blowing up with another act of hate. And now it's hate coming from a group of people who I associate myself with. Again...how unfair.
What saddens me is how other Christians are reacting to this shooting; going onto news posts online, hiding behind their computer screens, and calling this man a hero. Stating that PP workers and it's clients deserve a taste of their own medicine; that they should also die as some form of repayment for all of the lives they've ended through abortion.
Is this seriously how we are behaving?! I am so sickened by this and it makes me ashamed to be grouped with this group of people. That Christian extremists are trying to take scripture, twist it and use it in order to make the hate in their hearts somehow verified. They think they can put a spin on a select few scriptures in order to make it OK to wish death upon another human being. When it comes to misinterpreting the Bible, the issue is NOT with God, it is with the person messing it up.
But this is not how we all think. This is NOT how I think. I am saddened by EVERY death; be it an unborn child, an innocent life cut short by a gun, or a convicted felon being put to death for his crimes. Jesus weeps for this and so do I. We all know my stance on abortion, but it goes much deeper than that. Fighting for every single life is something we should all strive for. Life is not something to take for granted and it's never been our job to determine who can live and who can die. To take that sort of judgement into our own hands is scary and it's something that we can't undo. Once it's done, it's done. No second tries. No do overs. It's just over.
So just to clear things up, not all Christians are happy about what happened on Friday. There are still Christians who want to be Jesus to this world and show love, kindness and mercy. God told us that this sort of thing would happen...that the world would begin wars purely based on religion. And look at us now...every war going on can be tied to people who are mad that other people don't worship the same god that they do.
Praying for those who were hurt or murdered in the shooting, and for every terrorist act happening in our world right now for that matter. Also praying for the people who are choosing to act this way and think this is somehow God's will. And finally I am praying for everyone in the world. We need it.
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