As a father of two, I really really struggle to think about the #Uvalde massacre for more than about 5 seconds. It’s just too much for me to fathom. I still feel sick. The thought of losing your child in such a horrific manor is unbearable enough. To know that little boy or
girl’s final moments on this earth were lived in unimaginable fear and horror is beyond human comprehension. I don’t know how most of them go on. I don’t know how I could take another step. I don’t know how I could eat or sleep. It’s been about 5 seconds now. I can’t.
I so often feel guilty for “turning it off”. And I know some of you do too. To close yourself off from feeling too deeply because it’s just too painful to truly imagine yourselves in their shoes. I wrestle with that. All I know is that Christ came and died to carry the weight
of the world so we don’t have to. Because we can’t. I’m not at all encouraging anyone to pretend pain doesn’t happen. Because that is real. If it’s your own pain, that’s something you must process. If it’s the pain of others, we’re called to carry it with them. But Jesus wants
you to invite Him into that process. And sometimes we have to “turn it off” so that we can be all that He wants us to be exactly where He has us. Sin is real. And this world is broken. Leaning on Jesus is the only way I know to get through it.
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I’ve been out prepper shopping like the rest of you this week. Lots of fear in people’s eyes. If you’re a believer, you have a magnificent opportunity to serve OTHERS during this national crisis. These were some ways I found just today:
1) Start with offering a smile. Jesus is our hope and evening a smile can offer other a bit of what we hold on to.
2) Be a servant. Today while other were scrambling to “survive”, I had the opportunity to grab a few shopping carts from the back of the parking lot for some older people and ladies who couldn’t get one.