Dear  Jo. Like you these terrible things are heart breaking and mind-bogglingly mad and so evil that I cannot even comphend how any humanbeing can think that their point/cause/grievences may be helped by the killing off helpless ones.  I too pray for all those who are victims of all this madness and evil, and I pray for those who have to look on, feeling helpless. Dear sister, I feel we must pray also, and even more, for those who commit such things. (and I am worried as I type in case I offend because most do not want to think about the evil ones with any kind of thought other than to see them suffer). I PRAY that they will repent and find the Lord and I pray that anyone with thought of rebellion, no matter how small, from picketting an abotion clinic to the revenge of  a nation (i.e. WARs). Nations have been killing kid and helpless always even our own so called christain nations, but because we saw it in living-T  V-colour it is more heartbreaking. 

 

It is only when we put all these things into Gods hands,  put real trust in his power to deal with all this terrible pains in the world.  I KNOW he has this all in hand and there is a pupose (even though we do not always see/understand why.

 

The challenge for TRUE followers of Christ is to LOVE those who do wrong (hate what they do - the action)  I cannot always go this of course, but the challenge is there and the blessings in putting it in practices is 10,20, 100 fold from our Heavenly Father.  Satan wants you to hate, like him.  do not let him win . In jesus name I pray for all of us. LOVE

 

 

 

Dear Jo. I didn't know that (Jeremiah told not to pray for certain ones and Samuel rebuked for mourning over saul)  How do we balance the scripture that says Love thy enemy.  I took it to mean that you should not hate anyone,  that hate is Gods right because he is in the correct position to judge the workings of a persons heart and mind.  I HATE the bad things that people do.  I worked as a crisis line worker for womans refuge and parentline -I also ran workshops that helped women who were violent.  My Job required me to listen to them telling me what they had done to others. Even to their own children. Most hated themselves more than I could  hate them. AND many started off the workshop totally believing that I were not doing anything wrong  or that it's just life because they grew up in that sort of enviroment.  What I am trying to say, is that I do not know.  I spent ages trying to learn to look past the evil that people do and pray that they see their error and repent.  I cannot know who is really bad and not worth praying for as we are all sinners. 

 

When it comes to taking a stand, How do you mean, I thought Christ followers should only

take a stand in terms of their own personal choices and not what any other human being is doing.  I know God can see and judge and he wll.  I do not have to do it  I really do rattle on and I am trying to process what I am writing while I write.  I will break for food / prayer/ reflection

 

I feel alittle lost. not about the above, (although it's part of it)  Maybe I need to do a testemony, their is sjust so much going on for me I just do not know where to start.  I've read some and they all seem to be relating peoples waking up to the truth and then having this feeling that they   now know, how to be, or what to believe/ how to  live.  I am so messed up. 

 

I'll get back to you

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dear Jo, thanks for your encouraging words.  I need to take time out to look at what your saying. I am confussed,  I am a sinning person, every day, without fail.  I do not know a living humanbeing, past or present, who does not sin (who are perfect) except for Jesus, who became the Christ. Which Apostle was it that wrote that when he tries to do what is good, what is bad is what he ends up doing???  is that incorrect?? I will try to find it.... I do not exactly know or understand what you mean.  But I am afraid, so scared of being drawn into the wrong way.  I feel like there are no certainties, definates, absolutes,  and I donot trust anyone, not even myself.  I hear alot of people saying things like  God told me this or that and I become cautious around them.  I see myself as an evil person sometimes , because I do many things, knowingly, that are not of God.  I am afraide of those who lay hands on other as well.  I am such a coward.  I do understand what you mean about desernment. I do seperate myself from other who do things like thieving, slanderers, drunkards/drug users.  BUT I STILL SMOKE so I feel totally unable to look at others and desern that they are sinners,or bad, without seeing myself.

 

I will not give up searching,  I just don't understand this right now.  I really need to pray hard on this.   Maybe I will share one or two experiences in testemony but I have no reverlational moments, just a slo, gradual journey,  which has left me tired out and still learning, relearning.

 

love, respect

marie