I have been really struggling lately with my feelings towards Muslims in general. Given all reports of Christians being literally torn apart overseas, feelings of anger about this are with me on a daily basis. The pastor’s message the Sunday was very timely for me. Especially the part about taking every thought captive. I can freely admit that my thoughts lately have not been very pretty. For example, lining up Isis members and driving over them slowly with a tank. And the tactical nuclear weapon scenario. My flesh and my spirit have been at constant war with one another and I DONT LIKE IT. Im usually one who can tell a person pretty quickly where I stand as a Christian on any given issue. In this case, not so much. I know that I am called to love my enemies as was in the message this Sunday, but it is a lot easier to say than to do. I had the same feelings on 9/11 2001. It took quite a while for that anger to subside. I have been wondering if anger in a way similar to feelings of love. People say that you dont really have a lot of control about loving someone, it just happens. I know that anger in itself is not sin, but instead its how you respond to that anger. When we see or hear of these violent things taking place to brother and sister Christians, how do we process that. I wish I could say that I had some profound, Godly advice that I could share. I dont. All I do know is that evil exists in the world and Isis is evil exemplified. I know that people of faith are meeting a horrid fate due to that faith. I also know that Christ went to the cross for each and every Isis member as well as every person a Isis member brutally kills. How do we reconcile those two things with one another.
Posted on: Mon, 01 Sep 2014 19:36:30 +0000
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