“Thus
says the LORD:
Stand at
the crossroads, and look,
and ask
for the ancient paths, where the good way lies; and walk in it,
and find
rest for your souls.” Jeremiah
6:16
This week the war has
continued – no, not the war on Christmas, no, not the war on Terrorism in
foreign lands, but the war on children. Twice in a week young American men have
donned legal battle gear and attacked innocent, tender women, children and
families.
Once.
A young man wandered into
Clackamas Town Center, right here in Oregon and squeezed off 60 rounds and two lives
before shooting himself, and just today at least one shooter has entered an
elementary school in Connecticut, murdering eighteen children and almost as
many adults.
Twice.
Young men did this. Young men
from middle-class homes. Not hardened, organized crime. Not international
terrorists. It may be true that “criminals will always have weapons,” but it is
not true that bummed-out young men next door will always have battle weapons.
These are not hardened
criminals, friends, but young men with guns designed for warfare, legal for
sale at a gun shop, gun show or friend’s house near you.
What if Mary was volunteering
in young Jesus’s classroom in that school?
What if?
We stand at a crossroads. If you read on in the book of Jeremiah you will find
that God’s people have a habit of not asking for the ancient paths,
the good ways; of not finding rest for their souls.
Must this continue?
I don’t want a third time,
please.
How shall we respond?
Oh, let's just not. . .
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