As I think about what I might say to you in this article, Psalm 97:10 keeps coming to me. It simply, but powerfully, says, “You who love the Lord, hate evil.” What we have in this world today is too much hatred and not enough love. As Jackie DeShannon sings, “What the world needs now is love, sweet love. It’s the one thing we have too little of.”
I believe in the power of God, as I am sure you do, but I also believe in the power of evil. But love always conquers evil. It is the antidote for evil.
You cannot open the morning paper or turn on the television without reading of shootings, high speed chases, child abuse, and a host of other things. It is easy to blame it on gangs, which does play a part, but mostly it is just plain evil. What can I, or we do, you might ask. First and foremost, we have to love the unlovable, we have to shine a light in the darkness. We have to let people know that God cares for them and so do we. Show love to those whom love is a stranger. AND PRAY WITHOUT CEASING. God is great.