Most days I wake up marveling at the beauty of God's creation. Most days I feel blessed by the people around me as I witness God's love in their actions. We have chosen a life fairly sheltered from world , so the consequences of sin that affect me are mostly my own. Because of that, some days the reality of what the world has become catches me off guard. Without TV or metropolitan newspapers, we get to be blissfully ignorant of that reality.

 Yesterday I got a wake up call. I watched the news. Now some of you are thinking "so what, I watch the news every day, it's not too bad." Let me use a metaphor here. It's like when you first step into a VERY cold swimming pool. At first it shocks the system and you want to get out. After you've swam around for awhile, you get used to the water and say, "common in, it's not too bad." I'm at the system shocked, want to get out stage, so bear with me.

 The murder, the meth, the child abuse, the pornography,  all reported by a flaming gay news anchor. Follow that up with a attacks on Christianity and a blurb on childhood obesity, and I'm not sleeping well for the next three weeks.

 Then, I read an article about those two boys that were kidnapped. They gave some statistics, and did you know that nearly 60,000 kids are kidnapped by strangers every year? YES I SAID 60,000! That DOES NOT include kids kidnapped by relatives, or people that know them. That is 6 times the size of my entire town's population. That is so much worse than I thought.

 Momma's, keep your babies close. Our world no longer allows the freedoms it used too.

 Today, my heart weeps for our dying world, but more than anything, it longs to be close to the Father. Some days, I just wish he'd just take us home. ~Karlie

                                               Naive

                                         by Chris Rice

How long until You defend Your name and set the record right
And how far will You allow the human race to run and hide
And how much can You tolerate our weaknesses
Before You step into our sky blue and say "That's quite enough!"

Am I naive to want a remedy for every bitter heart
Can I believe You hold an exclamation point for every question mark
And can I leave the timing of this universe in bigger hands
And may I be so bold to ask You to please hurry?

I hear that a God who's good would never let the evil run so long
But I say it's because You're good You're giving us more time, yeah
'Cause I believe that You love to show us mercy
But when will You step into our sky blue
And say "That's quite enough, and your time is up!"

Am I naive to want a remedy for every bitter heart
Can I believe You hold an exclamation point for every question mark
And can I leave the timing of this universe in bigger hands
And may I be so bold to ask You to please hurry?

Am I naive...
Can I believe...
And can I leave...in bigger hands
And may I be so bold to ask You, to ask You, to ask You

How long?

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Feb. 1, 2007 - Untitled Comment

Posted by rachelle

Last summer I decided I needed to keep informed and stay more in tune with what was going on in the world around me. I was tired of feeling uneducated when other people were talking about events that I had not heard about. So I began watching the news a few times a week, and gradually was glued to it daily. It was terrible. The fear, the awfulness of everything...it was invading my home and my life. I still keep informed (mostly through my husband and very occasionally the evening news), but I can't handle a constant bombardment of negativity and sin.

Which brings me to another point (sorry for my verbosity :-) ) ... why is it that the media gives so much time to the garbage, and so little time to the good things that are happening? There are just as many wonderful stories, if not more, as there are terrible ones? I don't think it's burying your head in the sand to focus on the good things, rather than glorifying the bad.

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Feb. 1, 2007 - Untitled Comment

Posted by CTdittmar

Yes, I feel the same shock and appall when we catch a glimpse of the news or if I make the mistake of going to the mall. I always feel like "what is happening to our world?"

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Feb. 1, 2007 - Untitled Comment

Posted by CTdittmar

Sorry to post again, but I really agree with Rachelle's point above....why must the news give credence and publicity to such negative role models in the news as Hollywood personalities acting badly. I agree...if we could just insert the positives and ignore some of the poor junk.

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Feb. 2, 2007 - Untitled Comment

Posted by EEEEMommy

Great song! Very applicable!
Our world has become so desensitized to the horrors of sin! It's far to commonplace!

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Feb. 2, 2007 - Untitled Comment

Posted by nsremom

Good pool analogy. I'm sick of our culture. It's such a pollutant. I want to be a naive woman. I'd rather know NOTHING about what's going on than ruined from within.

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