Back to earth with a bump...after being at Spring Harvest. I'd forgotten the 'bubble' effect that such an event has on me. For 6 days, I'm away from home, at work, but on holiday, surrounded by people who are serious about being 'One People', who are Christian in every sense of the word. People who are committed to showing God's love to each other and the world.
It's really strange. It was good fun though, I must say I learnt a lot, about the people around me and myself. The whole atmosphere of the week was brilliant, the worship in the Big Top was awesome and the bible teaching each day gave me something different to process.
But we're back in the world now, and praying for God's comfort for those who have lost relatives or were injured in Monday's shootings in Virginia. I'm quite taken by an email that was read out on BBC News 24 which said that this is not a time for a political debate about the rate of gun crime across America, nor the ease of purchasing a gun...it is a time for mourning, a time to allow people to grieve what has gone on. I agree.
What do you think?
3 comments:
Couldn't agree more, mate.
Five Live were doing the debate earlier, and I just thought, "what a shame. Too early".
Ant x
I agree too. They should let people greive.
Claire
People should be given the time. We should also realize that its not our debate to have. Its for the American's. They have to come to terms with their past - violent and genocidal as it was - just as we have to deal with ours. We must pray that love will overcome fear.
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