The Pain on the Inside....

  I awoke this morning to some horrific news. There'd been a shooting in Charleston, S.C. at a historically black church. As I sifted through the story, I had hopes that know one had lost their lives to some random person coming in off the streets to attend church service. As the story unfold, I realized that nine people had lost their lives to not only a sinful act, but an action that can never be explained in a way that would make sense.
     I tried to make sense of the foolishness that had transpired. To kill an innocent person is one thing, but to kill individuals within a church is on a totally different level. Evil actions like this one signifies that there are some that truly coexist with the principalities of darkness and somehow, find gratification when they can inflict their horrible actions upon others.
     As I mulled over the story in it's entirety, the one thing that came to mind is how incredible the actions of sin can become.  According to CNN, the crime is being looked at as a hate crime.
http://www.cnn.com/2015/06/18/us/charleston-south-carolina-shooting/., but I see it in a more bifocal way.
    Not only has this crime introduced a new wave of violence, but it displayed a despicable action towards the individuals, the church and the world. Proverbs 25:28 asserts: "He that hath no rule over his own spirit is like a city that is broken down, and without walls." 
    I make mention of this verse because in truth: although it is seen as a hate crime, the crime itself depicts a crime against humanity. When we as Americans have no moral nor spiritual boundaries set within the confinements of our beings, it is then that we can easily become the most dangerous person walking around.

    When moral and spiritual walls are torn down, there is little left on the inside of the physical being to sustain a person's actions. Not only does he or she becomes vulnerable to him or herself, but those that are innocent can easily become victims of the very ones we entrust to dwell among us, in a civilized manner. 

Author Christopher Ty

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