“For we will surely die and become like water spilled on the ground, which cannot be gathered up again. Yet God does not take away a life; but He devises means, so that His banished ones are not expelled from Him.” 2 Samuel 14:14 NKJV
I just know that today is going to be special, because today is our Church’s 2nd meeting for the ‘Good News Club’ at our local Middle School. Being the first of it’s kind in the entire USA, we are excited to have the opportunity to share the Good News with kids this age. Being the 2nd meeting means we’ve already had a 1st! Unfortunately, we didn’t make it a week before receiving some bad news!
I didn’t personally see it, but I was sent a screenshot of some comments on one of our School Board members Facebook websites. I had to look at it twice before even registering a reaction, because the first look made no sense. Someone had attacked the club calling what we are doing ‘Christofascist Indoctrination,’ and ‘the worship of an imaginary sky daddy!’ And it got worse!!!
The picture attached showed a man on a cannon (representing God) aiming… and then blasting away a 4 year old child in flames! Beside the child was written the word ‘Leukemia.’ The message was loud and clear. The writer was insinuating what many people believe… that every death, accident or disaster is caused by God! The claim is outrageous, sad and WRONG! And it is also my fault!
I say it’s my fault because I am a part of The Church that has been infiltrated by an evil force that our loving God WARNED would be coming. The Church’s responsibility is to make sure that the evil NOT win! Unfortunately, I have heard FAR too many Believers in Christ repeat the same stupid idea with words like, “God must have needed an angel… so he took your baby!” I want to vomit!
The idea that God ‘TAKES’ people is disgusting, even though it may be well intended. It makes folks feel better that their loved one is no longer suffering and is now with God, in Heaven, where there is no more pain or sorrow! But even an idiot can see the illogical reasoning the myth leaves behind. “Since God takes life, then HE is responsible for killing MY BABY!” So they hate Him for it! STUPID!
I say “STUPID” as loud, obnoxious and disrespectful as I can! Because I want EVERYONE to know… telling people, directly or indirectly, that God takes life as some master plan is EVIL, WRONG and BAD NEWS! ANYONE who thinks, says or insinuates that notion needs to STOP! The fellow who took time to write a scathing review of Good News has been damaged because of this kind of Stupid News!
I am a Christian… a firm, faith-filled lover of the God who LOVES ME SO MUCH… He sent His Son to be MURDERED FOR ME! How dare I say, or allow other members of His Church say things that misrepresent Him… and without correction?! It is MY DUTY! If you are a Believer, it is yours too! An 11th Commandment could summarize the previous 10 by saying… ‘Thou shalt not be Stupid!’
Do you believe, or are YOU causing other people to believe, evil things about your loving Heavenly Father that are untrue? I am called to tell THE GOOD NEWS… and that is what I will do! How about you?
