The terrorist bombings in Kampala yesterday are bringing a fraction of its destruction to my heart today. I'm praying for Uganda, the diseased hearts of the terrorists who decided this was how they were going to spend their Sunday, the World Cup crowd of fans who were in that area -- said to have been the target, and all of those who hold Uganda dear. After the earthquakes in Haiti, I know how it feels to have your heart's home shaken.
Six months ago today... Lives were either changed or brought to an end in Haiti. It's hard to believe it's been half a year.
2010 has been rough. Earthquakes, tsunamis, oil spills, and terrorist bombings. This is only some of what has made it onto national television; not to mention what producers judged as "not entertaining enough" to broadcast. And we're only half way through the year.
It all makes me wonder about our God. And then I am pointed back to us. My latest conclusion is that these disasters which has happened to the least of these didn't occur to offer us something about God, but perhaps to teach us something about ourselves.
2 comments:
and what do you think we should be seeing in ourselves? or learning?
1) that so many seem to ignore that "religion that is pure and undefiled before God, the Father, is this: to visit orphans and widows in their affliction, and to keep oneself unstained from the world." ignoring this hasn't been working out so well for the world.
(this does not apply to EVERYONE, for there are a handful who are living by it.)
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2) we need Jesus BAD, to a degree that a lot (again, no everyone) has yet to comprehend.
these ideas which are not new to Christians, even to a lot of non-believers, are simply taken lightly. it can be seen in the way 98% of our population lives.
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