Billy Graham's daughter was interviewed on the Early Show
and Jane Clayson asked her "How could God let something like this
happen?" (regarding the attacks on Sept, 11, hurricanes and earthquakes.)
Anne Graham gave an extremely profound and insightful
response. She said "I believe God is deeply saddened by this, just as we
are, but for years we've been telling God to get out of our schools, to get out
of our government and to get out of our lives. And being the gentleman He is, I
believe He has calmly backed out. How can we expect God to give us His blessing
and His protection if we demand He leave us alone?" In light of recent
events...terrorists attack, school shootings, etc.
I think it started when Madeleine Murray O'Hare (she was
murdered, her body found recently) complained she didn't want prayer in our
schools, and we said OK. Then someone said you better not read the Bible in
school .... the Bible says thou shalt not kill, thou shalt not steal, and love
your neighbor as yourself. And we said OK. Then Dr. Benjamin Spock said we
shouldn't spank our children when they misbehave because their little
personalities would be warped and we might damage their self-esteem (Dr.
Spock's son committed suicide). We said an expert should know what he's talking
about. And we said OK. Now we're asking ourselves why our children have no
conscience, why they don't know right from wrong, and why it doesn't bother
them to kill strangers, their classmates, and themselves.
Probably, if we think about it long and hard enough, we can
figure it out. I think it has a great deal to do with "WE REAP WHAT WE
SOW." Funny how simple it is for people to trash God and then wonder why
the world's going to hell. Funny how we believe what the newspapers say, but
question what the Bible says. Funny how you can send 'jokes' through e-mail and
they spread like wildfire but when you start sending messages regarding the
Lord, people think twice about sharing. Funny how lewd, crude, vulgar and
obscene articles pass freely through cyberspace, but public discussion of God
is suppressed in the school and workplace. Are you laughing? Funny how when you
forward this message, you will not send it to many on your address list because
you're not sure what they believe, or what they WILL think, of you for sending
it. Funny how we can be more worried about what other people think of us than what
God thinks of us. Pass it on if you think it has merit. If not then just
discard it... no one will know you did. But, if you discard this thought
process, don't sit back and complain about what bad shape the world is in.
God bless you as you share it with friends. No Nation or
people can ever survive or succeed without Jesus Christ. Amen
