dear church, don't forget that love drives out fear
My heart is heavy. The emotional climate in the world right now is so tense. Dear Church, dear sons and daughters of the Living God, dear followers of Jesus Christ, pause and consider the opportunity to show Love when the rest of the world is filled with hate. The world is in choas and that can cause people to panic. When we panic we do not think out of wisdom but out of fear. The situations going on around the world are complex. There are leaders who are not leading. There are strong, able men who should be standing up against this evil but instead are running in fear. There are many who are only concerned about money and power and influence. There are few offering real solutions to allowing people safety in their homelands. There are many being led down a path of destruction and foolishness. In the midst of people fleeing from the Middle East there are some who are filled with evil and hate. But there are also many who are trying anything they can to find refug