WHILE OUR BROTHERS AND SISTERS DIE
'WHILE OUR BROTHERS AND SISTERS DIE'
When someone takes the life of another, we cry and we pray!!! When a BELIEVER takes the life of another believer, we shake our heads and wonder "How could this happen?"
As I listen to the reports of another school shooting where two of the victims are believers and married. As I observe and find that the killer (husband), who ultimately kills himself, in a comment says he is a Pastor. As I constantly hear reports of abusive spouses, including those in ministry, several things come to mind:
1. Were there any signs and if so, did anybody recognize them and attempt to do something about it?
2. Are we so busy "having church" that we are oblivious to the needs of hurting people?
3. Have we become so "PROGRAMMED" that we are unable to see when there is a real problem?
4. Are we so busy trying to make our names great that we forget our obligation to serve others?
5. When will be learn to stop "dressing up" and "masking" our pain?
6. Who can the leader (pastor; teacher) talk to when they are going through?
One of the reasons 'Celebrate Recovery' started at Saddleback Church in California is because John Baker recognized that there were people coming to church broken. He could not ignore the emotional needs of the people he sat around every Sunday and he made a decision to do something about it.
Today, I grieve for the wife and mother who lost her life at the hands of her husband; another tragic victim of domestic violence. I mourn for the eight year old child who lost his life as an innocent bystander. But I also grieve for the killer, the husband and pastor and wonder, what was going through his mind to cause him to lose sight of who he was? Who was there to hold him accountable for his behavior? Finally, when are we, the Body of Christ, going to stop turning a blind eye while our brothers and sisters die?
When someone takes the life of another, we cry and we pray!!! When a BELIEVER takes the life of another believer, we shake our heads and wonder "How could this happen?"
As I listen to the reports of another school shooting where two of the victims are believers and married. As I observe and find that the killer (husband), who ultimately kills himself, in a comment says he is a Pastor. As I constantly hear reports of abusive spouses, including those in ministry, several things come to mind:
1. Were there any signs and if so, did anybody recognize them and attempt to do something about it?
2. Are we so busy "having church" that we are oblivious to the needs of hurting people?
3. Have we become so "PROGRAMMED" that we are unable to see when there is a real problem?
4. Are we so busy trying to make our names great that we forget our obligation to serve others?
5. When will be learn to stop "dressing up" and "masking" our pain?
6. Who can the leader (pastor; teacher) talk to when they are going through?
One of the reasons 'Celebrate Recovery' started at Saddleback Church in California is because John Baker recognized that there were people coming to church broken. He could not ignore the emotional needs of the people he sat around every Sunday and he made a decision to do something about it.
Today, I grieve for the wife and mother who lost her life at the hands of her husband; another tragic victim of domestic violence. I mourn for the eight year old child who lost his life as an innocent bystander. But I also grieve for the killer, the husband and pastor and wonder, what was going through his mind to cause him to lose sight of who he was? Who was there to hold him accountable for his behavior? Finally, when are we, the Body of Christ, going to stop turning a blind eye while our brothers and sisters die?
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