Friday, June 3, 2022
The simplicity with which the Scriptures lay out our
choices is sometimes too startling for 21st century minds. We do not really want “simple” – we want
multiple-choice, categories, and options…not just live or die. To say there are only
two choices, life and death, is to court the wrath of the “wokeness
police”. Yet, there it is, in Aramaic,
Hebrew, Greek, King James, and whatever other language you need or want, the
harvest will be what you plant, no matter whether you intended it to be that
way, or, for that matter, if you think you’re entitled to something different. The choice is only, plant, or don’t plant. In short, the laws of harvest remain
absolute; you reap that which you plant.
The harvest in the last week or so in America uncovers
what we have been planting, cultivating, and are now horrified to own – at
least 35 murders in 3 mass shootings…21 in Uvalde, 10 Black persons in Buffalo,
and, just yesterday 4 more at a Tulsa Oklahoma medical center.
Once again we have sowed violence to the wind, and are
reaping a harvest of death’s whirlwind.[1]
If you want to pigeon-hole me as to which tribe I follow
concerning the gun issue, here are the details (or ammunition
if you will):
1.
I own a handgun, loaded, ready to defend our home if
invaded. I never wear it, concealed, or openly. It stays under locked conditions for safety.
2.
I do not judge anyone…God’s Word is enough, and better at that,
than my thoughts by an infinitely exponential mile.
3.
I do blame our culture that twists and bends every sense of
goodness to turn a profit, including the NRA’s promotion, lobbying, and lack of
decency, and Congress facilitating such under the guise of freedom. I also include the purveyors of violence who
pander to the culture with video games teaching children who cannot put a
coherent sentence together, but are fluent in how to kill 98 “enemies” to reach
the next level. They learned this way of
life, because we, the American public allow profiteers to spoon-feed violence
to our children, and the weak-minded among us.
God has always judged, and will continue to judge, any
who add to that. It is the nature of He
who Created us, and holds the next breath we may (or may not) take. The choice is to be under His will of
peacemaker, or under His judgment for peacebreaker. Simple, uncomplicated, and lovingly just.
For You Today
My Dad was of the generation that didn’t mind
letting you know there are consequences for our actions. Have you ever heard this phrase:
You upset because you don’t think I’m being fair?
I’ll give you something to be upset
about!
I kinda think Dad knew something about reaping
the whirlwind.
[1] Images: Pixabay.com Unless noted, Scripture quoted from The New Living Translation©
[1] A loose borrowing of Hosea 8:7a “They have planted the wind and will harvest the whirlwind….”
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