Faith Venture

This is another one of those posts that I’m not sure where it’s going when I start.

Of course, I’ve been thinking about the last massacre perpetrated by an unstable person with an automatic weapon and lots of ammunition. And then I saw a news item about a bunch of kids in Afghanistan caught in its ongoing civil war and blown up.

It’s a crazy world. But maybe always has been.

I find it interesting that the gun lovers rush to defend the principle of having guns. The Freudian in me says there must be some latent guilt in there somewhere.

They are partly correct–people do the killing. But guns makes it easier. It’s less personal than a knife. And a knife is slow. Bombs take a lot of planning.

But, I was thinking about a perpetrator of such acts. Psychologist talking heads rush out to the news programs to offer opinions without researching facts. Misinformation spreads everywhere. The wrong person was identified and his Facebook page was filled with hate messages.

That bothers me. The hate. I’m not trying for understanding. Too late for that. But to retaliate hate for hate does not seem like a response Jesus would teach.

Back to the psychologists. They say that there are usually signs of these problems long before the final act is done. Did someone see this breakdown coming and not act?

I know people with Problems. Depression. BiPolar disorder. Narcissism. What am I doing? Jesus said I should help those in need. Maybe there was a lost opportunity for someone to recognize the situation with that young man and bring Jesus into the situation.

Or, maybe evil and chaos exists in this world. But we still need to follow Jesus when he said to love the Lord and to love (that is do things for) others.

Just listening to Andy Stanley who said, “Perfect faith is what moves me to trust God in spite of the fact that life isn’t moving according to my plan.”

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