what is man…?

question

how does a man arrive at the place in his life where he believes it’s a good idea to stab a little baby to death?

we heard this tragic tale tonight… a man thought he’d get revenge on his girlfriend by taking the life of her baby.

the woman conveying the story to us said she couldn’t believe the lack of outrage in the town where this occurred.  she said she was talking about it with a friend of hers, mentioning her shock at the lack of response locally…

her friend said, ” i didn’t think it mattered that much, they were just a bunch of undocumented Mexican nationals…”

different question

how does a person get to the place where stabbing a baby to death isn’t a big deal if the people doing it aren’t like him/her?

(incidentally, the perpetrator is a US citizen)

this is happening in our own backyard

not only are we oblivious to it

we don’t seem to care

i’m not sure which makes me angrier

the murder/murderer or the total lack of compassion/empathy

i’m thinking about all this on the way home tonight, wondering why we don’t just kill people who kill babies

wondering where God is in all this

why doesn’t he kill the killer

i guess sometimes he does but i just don’t get this!

and how does he tolerate those who are so calloused?

and then i remembered this text…

“For God so loved the world that he gave his only and unique Son, so that everyone who trusts in him may have eternal life, instead of being utterly destroyed. For God did not send the Son into the world to judge the world, but rather so that through him, the world might be saved. Those who trust in him are not judged…”

it was then that i realized i have come to believe that Jesus only came to save the decent

but it isn’t so

scripture teaches that God so loved the man who did this thing and the woman who cared so little that he poured all his Love out on the ground. this Love walked the earth in the hope that, despite the fact that he is a murderer of the worst kind and she apparently heartless …

they might spend eternity with me

and you

and Himself

God wants to restore us all

you might say “but what about the baby? how could God let that happen to a little baby?”

well, i don’t know… i’m not sure what it takes to look down on all of the awfulness in the world every day and not just destroy the whole thing

but i do know this…

that little child is already with him

where there are no tears

and there is no pain…

i think it is impossible for me to ever be worthy of God’s love because to tell the truth, i don’t think i could ever love the two people i’m talking about.

i’m too much like them

i’m guilty of the same selfishness and callousness

sure maybe it’s not directed at a baby

but if i’m honest

it is directed toward them

i guess it’s in moments like this that i’m really glad we have John 3:16

it’s a real joy and comfort to realize i’m part of a world that God loves so much!

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