Sept 12, 2025
As I write our western world is still reeling from the assassination of Charlie Kirk. And, it’s been reported that the assassin has been taken into custody. All indicators point to a hate crime.
Hatred has an energy all of its own. It’s like a malignant growth that accelerates as the one infected percolates in a poisonous cocktail of alienation, resentment, anger, and aggrievement. It kills the soul of the perpetrator even before he pulls the trigger and kills his target.
The Bible tells us that the enemy of our souls is constantly at work seeking to kill and destroy. There’s always a link between evil action and the author of evil. Satan finds willing vessels through which he pours out his bile. They act and our world suffers.
But there is hope in the midst of our grief. Our loving Heavenly Father is sovereign and sees all from an eternal perspective. For us death is closure, for Him it is entry into His presence. Each of us will cross the divide one day, and we’ll then see the end from the beginning.
I’m praying today for a young mother who has lost her husband and two little ones who have lost their father.
Lord have mercy.
