You know, I don't like to post, to often, my personal opinions on anything. I prefer telling something historical or an event in and around Catasauqua. But today I am troubled.
Yesterday there was another senseless shooting in a church, not to mention a stabbing at a Rabbi's house. And what bothers me the most is the fact that the shooter in the church was shot dead by security. I know the security guy was doing his job, he saved countless lives, but he took a life in a place where rule number six is Thou shall not kill.
The volunteer security member was a former reserve deputy sheriff who is a firearm instructor. So my question is, why not just wound him.
When did we become as aggressive of a society as the evil we so often point out.
The paradox of evil. What's the answer - I have none.
Romans 12:19 Beloved, never avenge yourselves, but leave it[a] to the wrath of God, for it is written, “Vengeance is mine, I will repay, says the Lord.”
Matthew 5: 38-39 You have heard that it was said, ‘An eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth.’ But I say to you, Do not resist the one who is evil. But if anyone slaps you on the right cheek, turn to him the other also.
Are those the answer, turning the cheek, or leaving the gunman go. No, it would of caused more deaths. Did God put the security team in the right place at the right time - to protect his people.
I don't know - but in searching the scriptures for an answer I came up with the next one. For some reason this struck a chord. In the ever increasing evil that seems to plague us as a society, we need to look for the source, we need to find answers.
Ephesians 6:12 - For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the cosmic powers over this present darkness, against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly places.
and unfortunately, that's another day in Catasauqua.
