April 15, 2013 - the running of the one hundred and
sixteenth Boston Marathon. A day for celebrating the tenacity of human nature
to push itself beyond all limitations
and achieve extraordinary goals turned deadly when two bombs detonated near the finish line. Three lives
taken before their time; one hundred seventy-six others left broken and
bloodied; lives forever scarred
.
Added to the growing list of senseless massacres in this
country, Americans from coast to coast are seeking answers, struggling to make
sense of such meaningless carnage. No
gun control laws could have protected the lives of those commemorating this
historic event.
The youngest casualty, Martin Richard, had only eight tender
years in this life. Cheering their friends as they crossed the finish line, his
mother, Denise, suffered a traumatic brain injury and his six-year old sister
lost a leg.
Once considered a rarity, acts of violence in America are
becoming more commonplace. But violence is only a symptom of a much deeper
rooted problem: our world suffers from an extreme lack of moral integrity. Society
has been poisoned by greed, self-righteousness, entitlement, and vengeance.
Where decency, compassion and kindness once defined our civilization, we have
recreated ourselves as bigoted, arrogant, callous, and hateful. We have turned
our backs on God and declared we have a right to live as we please, liberated
from any jurisdiction that restricts our freedom. God's Laws to "Love your
neighbor as yourself" and "You shall not kill" are obsolete and have
been rewritten to justify living selfishly.
Revising the word killing by
using terms such as "terminating a pregnancy" or "death with
dignity" is a clever attempt to conceal murder. "You shall not
kill." Period. End of sentence. There is no "with the following
exceptions" list. A rose by any other name...
The world continually violates Divine Law and then we're
shocked when horrific events such as this occur. Some people are even offended
by the mere mention of the Almighty's name. God is not permitted in our
schools, ball fields, and government buildings.
It is no longer politically correct to wish someone a Merry Christmas,
decorate a "Christmas" tree, or assign the Easter egg hunt any
religious connotation at all. When you take "Love" (God) out of the
equation what remains is apathy towards His children.
We glorify anger,
violence, rudeness, and the infliction of pain on others as a form of
entertainment. We seek revenge on others
who have wronged us and brag to others of how we "got even.
We judge and label those who are different, those who are
struggling with personal demons, those who do not live up to our personal
standard of excellence. And we are oblivious and indifferent to the suffering we cause others with our
hurtful words, labels, exclusions, and intimidations .
We have devalued human life by assigning individual
importance to one another rather than viewing each person as they are: a sacred
child of God, precious in His eyes and loved beyond measure. Only when we learn
to respect and value all human life as
equal and sacred and vow to treat each as such, will we even begin to see
an end to these horrific acts of violence that desecrate our loved ones.
On the stoop of the Richard's home, someone placed a few
bouquets of flowers and a small stuffed bear. One solitary word was written in
chalk on the sidewalk: “Peace.” The only path to peace is by putting God (Love)
back in our hearts and our world.
"We cannot be a world at peace until we are first a people
of peace."
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