Good morning. I got an email yesterday from a reader that I found to be inspiring and relevant especially with the news of someone plowing their car into revelers on New Years Eve. The contrast is startling,
Reader’s submission:
Happy New year to you and your family. Thanks for words for the day. I have been reading for years and have read your book Miracle on Lucky Street twice
I also had the privilege to meet you in Camilla Georgia at Rotary a few years ago where I got your book. I loaned the book to a young girl to read. I hope she did. She was killed in a plane crash about 10 years ago while working.
Thanks for all you do to spread The Word if God. I live in southwest Georgia about 25 miles from Thomasville and we have a small 300-acre farm where we grow long leaf pines, deer hunt, turkey hunt, fish and hopefully raise some quail. My family is able to enjoy this any time they want as they live 40 miles from us. God has blessed me and my wife way more than we deserve. As John Prine said in one of his songs, When I get to Heaven I am going to shake God’s hand and thank him for more blessings than one man can stand.
Hope you and your wife have a great new year.
Joe McGalliard
Contrast that Idyllic scene with the headlines this morning. I am reminded of the Bible verse that asks, “Why do the heathen rage?” There is no plausible answer aside from the fact that evil exists in the human heart.
Franklin Graham wrote:
Media, law enforcement, and the mayor are suggesting that the horrific act of violence on Bourbon Street in New Orleans early this morning may be a case of terrorism. The police commissioner said that the perpetrator was “hell bent on…carnage.” Whether it is terrorism or not, the issue is the human heart. This is a clear indication of the evil in the human heart, and the evil that is around us in this world. After brutally running over dozens of people, the driver opened fire on the police and two officers were shot. We pray for those who lost loved ones and the many injured.
This tragic incident is a reminder of how important it is for each of us to be ready to stand before God. None of us know when we might be caught in a vortex of violence and evil, and our lives on this earth will come to an end. The only hope for all of us is if we repent of our sin and put our faith and trust in Jesus Christ.
I have prayed this morning for all those who were injured, many of which are fighting for their lives at this very moment, and their families and loved ones. Pray for our nation and yes pray that the killer of all these people meet a fiery afterlife in hell the same as the one who rammed his truck into a crowd in Germany and killed so many.
Psalms 2:1
“Why do the heathen rage, and the people imagine a vain thing?”