My husband, Mike, was greatly disturbed (as we all were) by the events of yesterday (January 6, 2021) so this morning, he wrote these words to our congregation at Centenary UMC:
๐๐จ๐ฐ ๐ฌ๐ก๐จ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ ๐๐ก๐ซ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐๐ง๐ฌ ๐ซ๐๐ฌ๐ฉ๐จ๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ก๐จ๐ซ๐ซ๐ข๐๐ข๐ ๐๐ฏ๐๐ง๐ญ๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ญ ๐จ๐๐๐ฎ๐ซ๐ซ๐๐ ๐ข๐ง ๐๐๐ฌ๐ก๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐จ๐ง ๐๐ ๐จ๐ง ๐๐๐ง๐ฎ๐๐ซ๐ฒ ๐, ๐๐๐๐ ?
We need to pray and extend grace, love, and compassion to the persons who lost their lives, the injured, their families, and all persons impacted.
We need to acknowledge that what happened was evil. There are no excuses for it. There is no justification for it. There is no whitewashing it aside.
My heart and soul are both angry and immensely sad at what I witnessed. May God have mercy and extend His holy grace and peace to us in our times of trouble and turmoil.
"Jesus wept." - John: 11:35
Senate Chaplain Barry Black closed the joint session of Congress (January 6, 2021) in prayer: "We deplore the desecration of the United States Capitol building, the shedding of innocent blood, the loss of life and the quagmire of dysfunction that threaten our democracy."
A video of his remarks is here:
Grace, Mercy, and Peace,
Pastor Mike West
Keep praying and trusting in God. I mean a "trust" that has no doubt whatsoever in it. Has God ever failed you or me? No. Then that's enough reason for me to continue to trust Him in all that I ask and in all that He does.
Thanks for stopping by,
Rachel
beautiful sentiments Rachel! thanks for sharing
Cheryl