I have cried many times, as I have seen the faces of these Innocent children and wondered why here and why now? The media and the politicians want us to believe it is about guns, but I am going to tell you it is not.
Bear with me as I share my thoughts:
We have taken God out of schools, we cannot talk about the Ten Commandments for fear that we will offend. We cannot share our faith with people in the public arena because no one wants to hear it. We listen to "rap" and hear about killing the police and raping and abusing women. Since 1972 we have killed 55 million babies, taking them from their mothers wombs, for "choice" and the mothers rights There is no sanctity of life, we are all animals, evolved from lower forms and so it doesn't matter how we act out.We teach people to "watch out for number one" and "if it feels good go ahead and do it." We don't think about the other people who may be involved and affected by our actions. We sell video games that teach our kids to kill and after they have killed on the game, the person they killed comes back to life, so it can happen again. There is no measure of reality. Then one day someone picks up a gun or two or more and begins to shoot at innocent people, or maybe they believe that the people they are shooting are not that innocent, as seen in gang violence that occurs everyday in this nation. The only time it becomes a problem for gang bangers is when it happens to one of their own. The only time these massacres matter is when the media and politicians want to look good to their constituents. Suddenly they want to talk about fixing the problem, but their ideas have never fixed any of these problems. We have developed a nation of prople with no hope and when the trials of life get to be too much, they lash out in some way. Not everyone goes out and takes life. Many of them just treat others with anger or hatred. They may try to destroy someones character or make them feel worthless.
We are allowing the people of this nation and the world to sink into despair with no answers that will lead them to a better life. We treat them with medications and call it mental illness or a learning disability. We call them bi-polar or crazy and add to the problems of life rather than offering hope and restoration. But that is the problem, we no longer know where hope or restoration comes from.
As a child I learned to "Treat others the way I wanted to be treated". I learned that peace came by loving and caring about my fellow man.You see we do not have a gun problem, We have a moral problem. A problem of the Heart. We have become wicked and perverse, cursing and denying the God that can lead us to restoration and hope. The only one who cares enough to give His very best so that we can be truly happy and fulfilled in this life.
This is not about the right to bear arms or taking that right away, it is about returning to the moral center and accepting God's grace, then sharong that grace with the world around us. If we can get back to that center we will see less violence and more love.
