Tuesday, July 10, 2001
Tuesday, July 10, 2001
But let all who take refuge in you rejoice; let them ever sing for joy. Spread your
protection over them, so that those who love your name may exult in you.
I wonder if anyone has thought of investing that money in the surrounding community to stop the
hail of bullets rather than spending the money to build a wall? Yet that is actually a very accurate
picture of how many Christians deal with areas of sin in their lives. They invest their energy
trying to escape the consequences of the sin and trying to hide their deeds instead of deciding to
forsake the act that is the root cause of their problems. Some of us also are at home here. We are
building walls of guilt and hiding fearfully behind them. We are prisoners of our past. Forgiveness
through Jesus Christ can lead us to the path of true protection.
(Psalm 5:11
NRSV)
It was interesting to read in the news that the Los Angeles County School System has recently
agreed to build a 10-foot-high and 300-foot-long wall beside the schoolyard at Zindbergh Junior
High School. The $160,000 concrete wall is to serve as a bullet-barrier, protecting children from
the frequent gunfire that erupts in the nearby neighborhood.
God of peace, forgive me and protect me. Amen.
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