Are We There Yet

Are We There Yet? This was a movie title several years ago that dealt with attempting to transport children to a destination by a boyfriend of the single mom of the children.

This title came to me as I was our on my Saturday run. Most of you are aware of how meaningful my runs are beyond the physical health gains. This morning was no different.

 My heart was saddened and heavy with the recent massacre of innocent children in CT. I wasn’t actually thinking about the movie title in the original context of transporting children but in the context of how our nation has been on a self destructive journey that seems to have no end.

 I want to mention here that I am not in favor of assault weapons. They have their place with the military and law enforcement, not on the street of the general public. I also want to state how disgusted I am with the news media. I was in disbelief when I saw reporters sticking a microphone and camera in the face of children less than 12 hours after the incident occurred. The CEO’s and Producers have no conscience or integrity when they decide the advertising dollars during such broadcast are more important that the tragedy that had occurred. I will have to say however that our desire to know the details about the shooting outweigh our desire to be on our knees in prayer for the families. The news media started the practice of making news about 40 years ago. They discovered that making news sells more add time than reporting news.

It occurred to me that we have purposefully been on a mission that I believe has been a determining factor with the recent tragedies’ of the last several years like the one in CT.  I am firmly convinced because of our effort to remove the one True God from any and all aspects from our education system or government property, we have effectively removed the one thing that provides a moral and right compass to guide and protect us all. I understand that the parents have the main responsibility to instruct and guide their children in respect to an orderly society. I would challenge you to look at the timeline of the recent events and consider the age of the parents of the attackers. Would it have made a difference in the parents’ life if the Ten Commandants would have still been posted in a lobby at their school?  Would they have gleaned information that would have made them a better parent? Would it have made any difference if the attackers had been provided the opportunity to hear about the Lord that could sustain them when their parents or no one else the in the world will?

Let me be clear. It is not about following the letter of the law but about the heart and soul issues. Resources like the Ten Commandments are simply ways to understand where our hearts should live. It is what is in a persons heart that causes their real life actions or in this case, pull a trigger multiple times.

We can change laws or maybe even think about enforcing the ones we already have but that is not the issue. There is a war going on that most people will not accept or acknowledge. It is not a war about oil or land. It is a war for the souls of men. For those of you reading this that think I am a Jesus wacko. I simply say, thank you. For I am not ashamed of the gospel. For those of you that understand what I am stating, when are we going to stand up and say we have arrived at the bottom with allowing people to demand God has to stay out of the way so that no ones feelings are hurt.

I know this blog is supposed to be mainly about running but my post today is about a different kind of running. We need to stop running to embrace a dead end that only leaves us with more heartache. Are we there yet?