I’m not a cause guy, but this one deserves attention
Posted by Drew | Filed under General
I read an article tonight on the wars in Uganda (Christianity Today). Many of you are probably already familiar with it, but hearing stories about how this LRA group routinely kidnaps children between ages 7 and 14, tortures them and forces them to fight in a war, killing and torturing other children for the sake of this one guy’s desire to overthrow the government of Uganda. Anyway, apparently it’s been happening since 1986 and over 30,000 children have been kidnapped during that time, many of them killed. You can read more at www.seekjustice.org, or farreachingministries.org It’s unfathomable to me how evil this world can be. It makes my stomach hurt thinking about how corrupt some people have become. We weren’t created this way. But this is the potential for sinful man. This is the sort of thing the Enemy is willing to do - the same enemy with whom we most often encounter when we feel discouraged or lazy or lack boldness, or don’t believe we’re forgiven. I think it’s encounters like those with the enemy that make me think he’s soft, and more like an opponent who acknowledges understood rules of sportsmanship or civility. But its’ when we don’t recognize those attacks as being rooted in the same evil as the inhumanity in Uganda that we fail to recognize the absolute depravity of the Enemy who attacks us daily. This enemy seeks to destroy us, and looking at the situation in Uganda, he shows no mercy or restraint, and will torture and corrupt and destroy in ways unthinkable to most of us. That’s our enemy. We are at war. And I’m so grateful the victory is ours in Christ. But the battle still rages. And we still must fight. Please pray for this country.
