Violence Again

Our society is swallowing itself up with violent behavior. Whether or not we restrict access to guns it is clear that something needs to be done. Can we catch up with the out of control environment that we are in by trying to help people deal with their issues one by one? Do we even have a firm grasp on what it is that has so many people so angry?  I don't know the answers to these questions but if we don't do something we will certainly self destruct. America seems to be at a boiling point. I believe this explosive atmosphere we have created is fueled by selfishness. We don't see ourselves as one entity in a symbiotic relationship to everyone else. We only care about the things that impact ourselves and our own little groups. I feel heartbroken for the families of the reporter and camera man that were senselessly killed in Virginia. I feel sick that we continue to bury our heads in the sand while unborn babies are aborted. I feel grieved that everyday young black men are killing each other. I am deeply troubled that police violence against black citizens involved with the most minor crimes are brutalized like animals. It's just as bad when officers are trying to perform basic functions in line with their duty and are killed without cause. Military men slaughtered on American soil. School shootings, movie shootings and our words are even violent when we disagree about the slightest things. We are sick. We are sin sick. What's worse is so many are hardened and stone cold to the will and ways of God. He has the answers and we treat Him like He is too old fashioned to fix our modern lives. It's like having a dreaded disease and refusing the only Dr. that has the antidote to cure us. I love the Lord Jesus Christ so it's easy for me to say salvation is the answer for the mess we are in. We need a soul saving revival to sweep across this land from coast to coast and from Canada to Mexico. We know things are bad but I believe we are in far more trouble than we realize. We can change if we are willing to repent and receive the only solution that changes human hearts. 2 Corinthians 5:17 declares "Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; the old has gone, the new has come!" If our hearts are made new we will see the evil trends in our land begin to reverse themselves. If our hearts are not made new, symptoms temporarily get repressed for a time only to get squeezed out again when the right pressure hits. Jesus Christ changes lives and we desperately need change.