On
Monday I will do a funeral for a young woman who died in a car wreck at the age
of 24. Like most 24 year olds she had
her whole life ahead of her. She had a
boyfriend whom she loved. She had a
sister she lived with and treasured. All
of that came to a crashing halt when her sister, who was in the front seat of
the car, had to watch her sister, the driver, die. Many questions are asked when a story like
this plays out. We want to look for
someone to blame, and the whole situation becomes a great struggle for the
survivors.
It
is much easier to blame the guy who was arrested in Sandy Hook, CT, and
describe him as evil. It is much simpler
to look at the guy who killed all those helpless people in the Batman movie and
call him evil. When we have someone and
something to blame, it is easier. It is
simpler to evaluate a situation when we can explain why it happened.
On
Wednesday we talked about temptation –about coming to grips with who and what
we are. Acknowledging that in a lot of
ways we see a shadow of who God created us to be. It is one thing to agree that we have things
to work on, and another to acknowledge evil in tragedies.
The
truth is, we fight the battle of evil every day and in every person. We examine our own selfish desires. We observe a world where selfish desires run
rampant, creating an abundant amount of evil.
This requires us to continue to do battle with it. This weekend we begin to consider the answers.
What should we do? What can we do? How do we respond in love? What does it mean to speak love to a world
where we could encounter evil at any moment?
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