Dear readers,
Fall weather has returned after our snow of last week. The snow was a reminder that I need to make some preparations for winter. It is easy to put off those things when the days are warm, but a wake-up call will come.
Milrae returned home on Wednesday last week. Little great-grandson Maverick seems to be doing well, as are his parents and sister. Grandma did her part, but was glad to return home, and I was glad to have her back. Cooking and cleaning were beginning to lose their appeal, and I fear things were beginning to go downhill.
As I sifted through various news articles this past week, I saw that it is a sad commentary on the state of humanity when the lives of stray cats and dogs are more important to some folks than the lives of human beings. The people who object to the hunting of animals for food are in many instances the ones who advocate for abortion on demand. The terrorists in the Middle East have no regard for humans at any stage of life. What kind of mind must it be that condones the slaughter of infants and the elderly?
The Creator of the universe will judge all of this at some point but we cannot sit and be silent until he does so. Christians and all civilized people must not be silent in the face of these atrocities.
Return with me to the book of Genesis. After God created the earth, the sun, moon, and stars, he created the animals, wildlife of all kinds. Then we read these words: Then God said, “Let us make man in our image, according to our likeness. They will rule the fish of the sea, the birds of the sky, the livestock, the whole earth, and the creatures that crawl on the earth.”
So God created man in his own image; he created him in the image of God; he created them male and female.
After Adam and Eve sinned and were sent out of the garden, they were still responsible for stewardship of the creation. It would be a harder task now that sin had entered the picture (Genesis 1:24-3:19).
Later in Genesis, we read God’s words, “if someone murders a fellow human, I will require that person’s life” (Genesis 9:5).
God’s judgment is sure to come.
In His Truth,
Pastor Jerry
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