today i found myself thinking these words as i listened to a friend tell me that a close friend of he and his wife's had been murdered. for this last week they had been searching for her to no avail, but this afternoon he shared with me that the police think they have found her.
my heart aches with his at the ridiculous chaos of this fallen world. from the riots in france to the bombings in africa, to famine, war, and murder, it seems if the days are drawing to an end.
as the church i think we have a call to be the love of christ in relevant ways to the culture around us. they don't need to be preached to but rather they need to be loved on. the most i can do for my friend right now is just to listen and to pray that god would have his way and that he would comfort the hurting hearts.
without god to come back to the world is a baren and senseless place but with my god in control, even the bad seems bearable. praise god that he has not left us here alone. when the time is right i pray for the words of comfort to speak that god may be glorified even in the horrible and senseless.
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