"immigrant children.
they're looking for a place to call home, instead of sleeping on top of hard, cold ground, covered only by a thin blanket. they're looking for love, after being turned away at the gates of the United States and chased out of their country. they're looking for a future, currently thinking that their lives will forever consist of mile after mile of walking. they're looking for answers. why is this happening to them? why isn't their God doing something? why? is shutting them out really the answer? what if we could do something about their pain? their loss?" After thinking about the topic of immigration for a sociology class, I started thinking... why are we shutting millions of innocent immigrant children out of their chance of a better future? We have so much we could give them, so much that we have to offer, and yet, so many of them wait for their chance to escape from their lives, suddenly overturned by war and disaster. Why? What is the logic behind this? As Christians, we are supposed to welcome the children, in the same way we welcome God (Mark 9:36-40). So, why isn't this our logic when thousands of children arrive at the entry gates to the United States?
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peace... in the midst of trial, in the midst of strife, in the midst of pain. how can we say this is part of God's plan if part of God's plan is the mass murder of innocent civilians?
I was listening to the song 'Grace Wins' by Matthew West on the radio on my way home tonight, and I replaced grace with peace. Peace wins. Maybe peace isn't winning right now, but peace wins, grace wins. we show peace by being Christians, and by being nonviolent, supporting the peaceful acts of our brothers and sisters in Christ. "Though the mountains be shaken and the hills be removed, yet my unfailing love for you will not be shaken nor my covenant of peace be removed, says the Lord who has compassion on you." Isaiah 54:10 join me tonight in prayer for our brothers and sisters in Christ in Paris. |
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