Reblogged from raptureready.com
By Bill Wilson
Everyone is
trying to make
sense of all the
violence across
the country.
These things are
not
new, but
they seem to be
getting worse.
For example in a
Christmas Eve
Jot article in
2008,
I
recounted the
headlines of how
a newlywed
husband, eager
to see what his
wife had gotten
him
for Christmas,
peeked inside
the wrapping.
The wife was so
enraged that she
stabbed her
husband six
times with a
kitchen knife.
A kitchen knife
was also the
weapon in New
Jersey where a
mother slashed
her six year old
son’s throat,
then tried to
commit suicide.
In Detroit, a
woman committed
suicide after
shooting her
husband and
family dog dead
with the same
gun. Today we
have stories of
terrorist events
and
murders—leading
up to and
through the
holidays.
Fires, family
fights, murders,
suicides,
terrorist
events, drunk
driving deaths,
even natural
deaths seem to
be more
prevalent during
the holiday
season. People
are stressed.
They are rushing
about, busy with
getting and
doing things, so
much so that
life itself
seems to take a
backstage.
Then there is
that one little
thing; a child
asking that
silly question
for the tenth
time, or the
husband coming
home a tad bit
late, or the
wife not getting
that little
thing done, and
“boom”
everything blows
up and lives are
changed forever.
My household
growing up was a
wonderful place
to be. But the
only arguments I
remember my
parents having
were during the
holidays. Some
stupid thing
would go wrong
and not even a
well-prepared
secretary of
State could
successfully
intervene. We
lived at our
farm that had
been in the
family for over
200 years. And
things were old
and sometimes
didn’t work
well.They
didn’t work well
especially
during the
holidays when
large family and
friend
gatherings were
about to occur.
One year, the
well went dry
just hours
before my mother
was to serve a
meal to about 25
family members.
She ordered a
water truck to
come fill the
well. My dad
said that the
water would just
run out of the
well and that
she just had to
patiently wait
for the water
level to restore
itself.This led
to World War
III. Mom
was packing her
bags and leaving
the old farm
house
forever.Well,
my dad’s
patience with
her saved the
day, and a
little help from
a quick running
spring gave us
the water we
needed. All was
well.
But the point
is that during
holidays that
celebrate the
Savior of the
world, Jesus
Christ, the
spiritual enemy
presses in and
tries to steal
the joy of the
season.Jesus
said in John
10:10:
“The thief
comes not, but
for to steal,
and to kill, and
to destroy: I am
come that they
might have life,
and that they
might have it
more
abundantly.”
Remember that
Satan wants to
destroy anything
that would honor
Christ, your
holidays, your
home, your
family, even
you.But Christ
is the life
giver.He came
that we might
have life to its
fullest
measure.So when
those thoughts
creep in that do
not reflect the
life-giving joy
of Christ, cast
them down before
they become
actions.
If you can’t
seem to do that,
call your pastor
or a friend or
911. Don’t take
Satan’s bait.
Have a Blessed
and Powerful
Day!
Bill Wilson
www.dailyjot.com
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