There have been:
- Racial riots in America very similar to the Civil Rights Movement
- Christians forced from their homeland
- Beheadings in a foreign land of humanitarians who were just trying to help
- A suspected deserter welcomed back with open arms
- A Marine who made a mistake held in jail erroneously - and no one to save him
- Top terrorist officials we worked hard to apprehend- released
- A beheading here on our soil
- An ebola epidemic breakout
- Suicide of a beloved comedian
- Israel defended itself against attack, and once again they were condemned
Our World seems to be on fire.
What bothers me about these events is the fact that most of them we had some kind of warning they were going to happen. But we were either to complacent or apathetic and did nothing. As a result families have been devastated. Nations have been devastated.
Yet we still do nothing.
Oh there are those who will say we are providing aid, investigating and etc. Truth is all of that is just lip service. A whole lot of people are talking and not doing.
Why is that?
Why aren't we doing anything? And just to be clear- doing nothing is still doing something. If you/we/me sit back and do nothing we are guilty of allowing it to happen.
Why have we become so spineless? Is it because we are afraid to offend?
I took a class and the facilitator said it has been proven through studies and by our actions that Americans- despite all their bluster are afraid to offend.
If Americans aren't standing up I have to ask a very specific group of people (I think you know who I am speaking about) why they aren't standing up and defending those who can't defend themselves. Those people? They are Christians.
We are called to be the Salt of the Earth. Yet we are sitting here and letting our religious freedoms be stripped away. We are letting horrible events take place and we aren't asking why or holding the offenders accountable. Why aren't we making a bigger noise? We have the Lion of Judah on our side. If He goes before- who can honestly go against us?
I'll own up to it- I am guilty of not standing up enough. I have condoned things I should not have condoned. I have kept quiet when I should have spoken up. But I'm vowing not to stand by quietly anymore.Too much is at stake.
The Church (all believers of Christ) need to wake up- myself included. Historically it has been proven that people bound together for a common cause can make a difference and influence history for good. If we as Christians all bind together and take a righteous stand firmly rooted in the Scriptures we will be heard and we can make a difference.
I'm going to start. I don't what I'm going to do. I don't know how. But I am going to do something. Because waiting around for someone else to make a difference is getting us nowhere.
Until next time-remember even if everyone only takes a small stand a whole lot of small stands becomes a big movement.
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