I just browsed through the stories in my Facebook News feed. I found something in common with these headlines:
Pastor Who Told Congregation They Didn’t Have to Wear Masks Hospitalized in ICU with COVID-19
Gwen Stefani and Blake Shelton Are Feeling “Stretched to Their Limit”
The worst coronavirus outbreaks are happening in these 15 cities
911 call from Falwell house reveals ex-Liberty president was drinking, fell down, lost ‘a lot of blood’ after resigning
Christina and Ant Anstead Split After Less Than 2 Years of Marriage
U.S. Coronavirus Deaths Near 200,000
Can you think of what they have in common? Since this is a blog, and we don’t have an efficient way to play a guessing game, I’ll just tell you. In reaction to each of these stories, people laughed.
Precisely, what they did was click on the laugh reaction emoji under the headline. I can understand shock, sadness, and even anger for some of these stories. But, laughter? A marriage is over, relationships are strained, a man is struggling with addiction and gets hurt, people are sick, and people are dying.
Perhaps even worse than these tragedies in the news is the cruelty in the hearts of people who make light — and even fun — of other people’s suffering. We need healed relationships and healed bodies. Most of all, though, we need healed hearts. We need the Spirit of love. The good news? It’s possible:
I will give you a new heart, and a new spirit I will put within you. And I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh, and I will give you a heart of flesh.
Ezekiel 36:26
A good eye. Thanks for point this out. I don’t want to get so conditioned to the how much our planet is “cooling” that I don’t even notice.
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