When I read Joshuah 6~10, I was shocked by all the bloody and violent wars, the way Joshuah slaughtered the people young and old, stoned a sinner along with his wife and children to death, hung the dead bodies of the kings he killed, etc. It was scary, cruel, and disturbing.
"How could You be so cruel Lord? You don't even spare the widowed, the elderly, or the young. Why should that sinner's innocent children and wife suffer such a torturous death? If that's what people who disobey You deserve, then no one on this earth can escape Your wrath. Would You have slaughtered me as well for my sins?"
At first I thought it was so wrong and savage and @#@$% for God to just kill and kill in the Old Testament, but then I remembered that God is the One who gave life, and He has every right to take it away.
Then I realized just how patient and merciful God has been with the world today. I mean, in the Old Testament, people get killed for the "smallest" sins. Yet right now the earth is covered with sins: child prostitution, abortion, idol worship, and things that should have caused God to wipe out the entire human race. The Old Testament showed me just how horrid and unacceptable sin is to God.
Lord You are just and right in all You do, I praise You for Jesus Christ, for Your mercy, Your grace, and Your salvation. Lord bless America, have mercy on this nation, and turn her around from sin. Jesus may You use Your people to shine the light of Christ's love onto America, and to bring more souls to salvation.
Like Pastor Kong Hee said, "How do we push back the darkness? By taking cities for God; whenever one soul gets saved, that city gets a little brighter". Lord I pray that Your love will chase away the darkness one soul at a time, one city at a time, one region at a time.
"I have come into the world as a light, so that no one who believes in me should stay in darkness." (John12:46)
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Hm that's interesting. And yes that is disturbing actually. x_x hahah yes He is! <3 ah man. did you check my webpage out? you can comment on it. Go to doushite? and it's a blog. a very long one at that. x_x hahaha.. so yes. please check it out. ^_^
God is super patient. i imagine him to be like France. but instead of fancy french people, there's lots of superheros in his army. even though he cares and sees, he doesn't get involve in small wars. and when it gets so bad and rough, thats when the superheros attack. haha
oh oh oh. read Judges 4. the end of the chapter show one of the most violent passage i've ever read. the women rock in this chapter.
The darkest time is yet to come, which is very fascinating--the way God thinks and operates. Totally blows my mind away. Glad to see you back on blogging again, Alice. Keep on prayin for your campus, and you'll see fire coming down from heaven!
He is the Alpha and the Omega, He begins things and ends things.
Remember... Love loves love. :)
I love YOU! Keep praying for our family!! Yes, I prayed today at 9pm! :)
-sala<3
i like Jesus.
我當初看到Joshua的時候也是覺得..怎麼這麼殘忍+血腥
不過看到妳寫的感想後, 還真的很認同~
我們的神真的超愛我們又超有耐心的!
i love Him >///<
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