I hope that you are having a very restful and blessed Sunday morning. Here’s your quick thought for today: As I turned on the news this morning to Fox and Friends, I was greeted with the news that an attack at a Hanukkah event in Australia has left 12 dead, including the suspect. This violence happening on top of the violence that happened during Finals in the Engineering Building at Brown University at 4:00 p.m. yesterday afternoon. Brown University is Ivy League school located in Providence, Rhode island. It has a number of Jewish students. They have detained a person of interest this morning but they have not given a motive yet for that violent act which left two dead and several wounded. These premeditated acts of violence got me to thinking about how much hatred there is in the world. Some of it is racial hatred. Some of it is ideological hatred. And, some of it is religious hatred. Hatred for others can be caused by many things. It can be caused by the way you are raised or lack thereof. It can be caused by your peer group, in other words, those who associate yourself with. It can be caused by propaganda. It can lead to individual acts of violence, group violence, or societal violence. That is what America is dealing with today. Our once proud and beautiful major cities have become War Zones thanks to open borders, societal pressures, political propaganda, and poor upbringing. President Trump and those who are trying their best to deal with this are starting to be relatively successful. However, the fact of the matter is that they are not simply dealing with physical violence. Our country is fighting a war against “Princes and “Principalities”, those with craven hearts and minds who have allowed the voices in their heads to tell them to hate somebody without even knowing them. My brother-in-christ, Gene, keeps reminding me that things aren’t going to turn around until there’s a movement back to God in this country and others. He’s right. That’s why the recent movements to Christianity among our college-age young people is heartening. What we are called to do as Christian Americans, is to stand for those things which are right and just, to pray for others, and to lead our children and grandchildren in the way in which they should go. God bless.

Until He Comes,

KJ