Day 35: When All Creation Seems to Groan.
Read: Romans 8:18 - 24; Psalm 137
Our attention is riveted on Aurora Colorado. More and more details are steadily being revealed to the world around us. The names and stories of the shooting
victims. A young mother between surgery and critical care with bullets
in her abdomen and her neck. She cries out for her six year old
daughter. No one can tell her that she has already died. What happens
when someone finally tells her the horrific truth? A 27 year old man
celebrating his birthday and about to celebrate his first anniversary is
now throwing himself in the line of fire - taking the bullets meant for
two others. The aspiring sports journalist who survives a shooting in Toronto - but not this one.
What of the horror of the shooters apartment? Thoroughly rigged with
explosives and booby traps. He meticulously plans the attack for months,
buys what he needs. Buys a ticket for the show. Props a door open,
comes back in & the shooting begins. I sense a piece of creation has
been sent reeling. A part of creation now groans in the midst of the
incomprehensible pain that has just been inflicted. These are very
serious days and many people will begin re-evaluating their relationship
with God.
Now, there is a problem. We want to entrust
ourselves to God because God is always in charge of things. But, if God
is in charge of things in Aurora, Colorado, it looks like He’s not doing
a very good job. This is a tremendous issue that people, whether they
can articulate it or not, have when they consider or re consider the
nature of their relationship with God. Great tragedy will compel a
person to re evaluate their faith. I can hear creation crying with us
and for us: "When there is pain in the offering ...."
Consider what people will begin to say, even Christians: "I don’t want
to have a relationship with God if He’s not in charge, but if He is in
charge, it doesn’t look like he’s doing a very good job." Now, let me
briefly mention who I think this message is for. First of all, if you
are a Christian, it is entirely possible that events of recent days have
shaken your faith. Yes, you have entrusted yourself to Him, but now you
have a question about whether or not He’s really in charge. And so for
you, hopefully, this message is an opportunity for you to tighten down
the bolts on your faith a little.
Pray mightily for the
people and community of Aurora Colorado. Pray for anything and
everything you can -- God's miracles of grace, healing, mercy,
forgiveness. To listen for the voice of Lady Wisdom to sift through the
many questions that will get asked as believers and non believers
struggle with where their faith in God is now.
http://www.youtube.com/
Day 35: When All Creation Seems to Groan.
Read: Romans 8:18 - 24; Psalm 137
Our attention is riveted on Aurora Colorado. More and more details are steadily being revealed to the world around us. The names and stories of the shooting
victims. A young mother between surgery and critical care with bullets
in her abdomen and her neck. She cries out for her six year old
daughter. No one can tell her that she has already died. What happens
when someone finally tells her the horrific truth? A 27 year old man
celebrating his birthday and about to celebrate his first anniversary is
now throwing himself in the line of fire - taking the bullets meant for
two others. The aspiring sports journalist who survives a shooting in Toronto - but not this one.
What of the horror of the shooters apartment? Thoroughly rigged with
explosives and booby traps. He meticulously plans the attack for months,
buys what he needs. Buys a ticket for the show. Props a door open,
comes back in & the shooting begins. I sense a piece of creation has
been sent reeling. A part of creation now groans in the midst of the
incomprehensible pain that has just been inflicted. These are very
serious days and many people will begin re-evaluating their relationship
with God.
Now, there is a problem. We want to entrust
ourselves to God because God is always in charge of things. But, if God
is in charge of things in Aurora, Colorado, it looks like He’s not doing
a very good job. This is a tremendous issue that people, whether they
can articulate it or not, have when they consider or re consider the
nature of their relationship with God. Great tragedy will compel a
person to re evaluate their faith. I can hear creation crying with us
and for us: "When there is pain in the offering ...."
Consider what people will begin to say, even Christians: "I don’t want
to have a relationship with God if He’s not in charge, but if He is in
charge, it doesn’t look like he’s doing a very good job." Now, let me
briefly mention who I think this message is for. First of all, if you
are a Christian, it is entirely possible that events of recent days have
shaken your faith. Yes, you have entrusted yourself to Him, but now you
have a question about whether or not He’s really in charge. And so for
you, hopefully, this message is an opportunity for you to tighten down
the bolts on your faith a little.
Pray mightily for the
people and community of Aurora Colorado. Pray for anything and
everything you can -- God's miracles of grace, healing, mercy,
forgiveness. To listen for the voice of Lady Wisdom to sift through the
many questions that will get asked as believers and non believers
struggle with where their faith in God is now.
http://www.youtube.com/
Read: Romans 8:18 - 24; Psalm 137
Our attention is riveted on Aurora Colorado. More and more details are steadily being revealed to the world around us. The names and stories of the shooting victims. A young mother between surgery and critical care with bullets in her abdomen and her neck. She cries out for her six year old daughter. No one can tell her that she has already died. What happens when someone finally tells her the horrific truth? A 27 year old man celebrating his birthday and about to celebrate his first anniversary is now throwing himself in the line of fire - taking the bullets meant for two others. The aspiring sports journalist who survives a shooting in Toronto - but not this one.
What of the horror of the shooters apartment? Thoroughly rigged with explosives and booby traps. He meticulously plans the attack for months, buys what he needs. Buys a ticket for the show. Props a door open, comes back in & the shooting begins. I sense a piece of creation has been sent reeling. A part of creation now groans in the midst of the incomprehensible pain that has just been inflicted. These are very serious days and many people will begin re-evaluating their relationship with God.
Now, there is a problem. We want to entrust ourselves to God because God is always in charge of things. But, if God is in charge of things in Aurora, Colorado, it looks like He’s not doing a very good job. This is a tremendous issue that people, whether they can articulate it or not, have when they consider or re consider the nature of their relationship with God. Great tragedy will compel a person to re evaluate their faith. I can hear creation crying with us and for us: "When there is pain in the offering ...."
Consider what people will begin to say, even Christians: "I don’t want to have a relationship with God if He’s not in charge, but if He is in charge, it doesn’t look like he’s doing a very good job." Now, let me briefly mention who I think this message is for. First of all, if you are a Christian, it is entirely possible that events of recent days have shaken your faith. Yes, you have entrusted yourself to Him, but now you have a question about whether or not He’s really in charge. And so for you, hopefully, this message is an opportunity for you to tighten down the bolts on your faith a little.
Pray mightily for the people and community of Aurora Colorado. Pray for anything and everything you can -- God's miracles of grace, healing, mercy, forgiveness. To listen for the voice of Lady Wisdom to sift through the many questions that will get asked as believers and non believers struggle with where their faith in God is now.
http://www.youtube.com/
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