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Tuesday, August 6, 2019

“Education is not the answer, because ignorance is not the problem.” ~ Alistair Begg

With the tragic events of the past weekend, I felt drawn to wrestle with some words that might help me make sense of why we are again faced with mass public murder. Some of you might take issue with these musings and that’s OK. This is something I need to work out in my heart and with my God.

If like me, your mind immediately springs to political machinations when you see these headlines; then we need to check our hearts. Yes, who did it and why is important, but so is the terrible loss of life and shattered families. Communities will take years to recover and some children will grow up without their parents. In a couple of weeks, I won’t even give these events a second thought. But somewhere, there will be families that wake up in mourning for years. That isn’t insignificant. Jesus stood outside a grave knowing what was about to happen – and wept. I think he felt the full weight of sorrow and grief. Compassion needs to be the calling card of Christians.

The reality is that this world is broken – and we are broken too. We think that more government programs will fix it – or fewer. We need more guns – or fewer. We have so many answers. But it’s the questions that change us. Begg, of course, isn’t making the argument against an education. He’s saying that our flaws are too deep to cut out. We can’t think our way out of it and we can’t work our way out of it. There will be another day argue about policies and write blog posts. But today I want to stand in love, repentance, and grace. And look ahead to a day when creation doesn’t groan. It’s good that we remind ourselves of this.

Andrew Peterson ~ Is He Worthy?

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