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Like most of you, I was grieved over the horrific events of last week–bombs sent in the mail to politicians and a gunman killing innocent Jews gathering in their temple to name a baby. The worst of humanity was on display. The amount of hate we continue to see acted out on the national stage\u00a0is frightening.<\/p>\n
In reporting on these events, reporters could not restrain\u00a0themselves from blaming everyone but the people who committed the acts. It was sickening to listen to the coverage. I listened to 3 major networks hoping to learn the facts without having to endure their opinions and blame. I rarely got that. Every chance reporters could get, they blamed their favorite targets of their own hate and dislike.<\/p>\n
Even when there was a plea from a few grieving people to focus on the deaths of American citizens and to stop the blame, it continued. I was so disheartened by the inability of reporters to be respectful, I had to turn off my radio. I couldn’t stand the vitriol that seemingly never ended. \u00a0The insensitivity was astounding. The coverage was so bad on one network, I stopped my car at a traffic light and prayed.<\/p>\n
One lone congressman told us to get on our knees and pray. He offered a biblical solution that no one wanted to talk about. It didn’t fit the narrative. No\u00a0one ever mentioned the\u00a0real solution for\u00a0change– a transformed heart. And yet as we desperately seek answers to the hate we see, 2 Chronicles 7:14\u00a0tells us how it will all change.<\/p>\n
If my people who are called by My\u00a0name will humble themselves, and pray and seek My face, and turn from their wicked ways, then I will\u00a0hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin and heal their land.<\/em><\/p>\n Action steps:<\/p>\n The God response:<\/p>\n We need a healed land. Yet, in my life time, we have moved completely away from national conversations that include the\u00a0role of faith in a nation that was founded on faith in God.\u00a0\u00a0Instead, we only discuss secular solutions that fall short and are incapable of changing a hateful person’s heart.<\/p>\n Only God changes hearts. Only God can take a terrorist like Saul and transform him to Paul who loved those he once hated. If we want to stop hate, we need\u00a0God’s transforming power. And sadly, that’s not a message I heard anywhere in the analysis of the horrific events of the past week.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Like most of you, I was grieved over the horrific events of last week–bombs sent in the mail to politicians and a gunman killing innocent Jews gathering in their temple to name a baby. The worst of humanity was on display. The amount of hate we continue to see acted out on the national stage\u00a0is…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":419,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[916],"tags":[4308,4307,4306,732,4015,1172,471],"class_list":["post-10476","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-god-relationship","tag-acts-of-hate","tag-acts-of-terror","tag-bombs","tag-hate","tag-hate-crimes","tag-shootings","tag-violence"],"yoast_head":"\n\n
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