We just passed the National Sanctity of Human Life Day. This day has always been important to me; however, it’s taken on a greater significance in recent years. But I find it troubling that we even need a day to remind us of the value of a human being. The more tragic reality is that even with this day, lives are still being slaughtered on the altar of convenience … Lives are being snuffed out because that person was “in the wrong place at the wrong time” or they were deemed a burden. Lives have been deemed expendable and replaceable.
My soul is so tired of the senseless shootings, murders, abortions, elder abuse, sex trafficking, child abuse. The hate-filled speech that pours forth from the lips of those who despise men/women because they are of another race, religion, or creed is reprehensible! The hate that comes from the lips of those who oppose the opposite political party is tragic. There is no logical reason, and my heart breaks. Where does my beloved, yet so broken, America go from here? Where do we, as professing Christ followers, go from here? As I’ve been reading through the Old Testament, I believe the answer is found in the life of a man like Moses. He often interceded on behalf of the Israelites who had sinned, AS A NATION, against God. The confessions on behalf of his nation had nothing to do with personal sin! It was a specific confession for specific sins on behalf of the entire nation. The sins of America must be specifically confessed … BY GOD’S PEOPLE! I hear Christians cry out for revival, but as a whole, we aren’t willing to take a pro-ACTIVE stand against the cries committed against humanity. We aren’t willing to repent for the sins of our nation, including the past sins of our forefathers! We will beg God to forgive our land for abortion; however, we refuse to beg God to forgive us for the disgusting sin of racism, slavery, etc. In our passivity, we’ve handed this nation over to Satan himself. He didn’t come take the nation … we gave it to him. Is it any wonder that we are in the mess we are in today? The Israelites, at least, repented when God judged them as a nation; we’re too prideful for that, it seems. May we not forget that the Holy Writ of God warns us that pride goes before a fall (Proverbs 16:18). The Lord doesn’t play with His Word! He is holy & has called us to lives of holiness. What are we going to do with that command?? Lest we forget, GOD sent His people into Babylon! GOD did that! Don't believe me? Jeremiah 29:4 says (KJV), "Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, unto all that are carried away captives, whom I have caused to be carried away from Jerusalem unto Babylon;..." {This is also the context of Jeremiah 29:11, but that's another topic for another day and another blog post!} My America: we are all created IMAGO DEO … in the image of God. ALL lives matter! No matter a person’s skin color, religion, intellectual ability, nationality, etc … We are ALL marred, broken images of the one true God who spoke the world into existence in Genesis 1. Marred, broken reflections of the One who loved us, in spite of our broken sin-filled lives, and sent His only begotten Son to redeem those who would repent and believe in Him (John 3:16-17). May we honor one another! May we begin to do what is necessary so that God will hear from Heaven & heal our land and may we truly cherish life … ALL life! May we, as Christians, lead the charge by being broken before God and repent for the sins of this beloved, broken country. Past and present. A Progressing Pilgrim.
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