This week brought the horrific news that 129 (as of now) people lost their lives in the Paris attacks. This same week, we had the demonstrations and strikes at University of Missouri. Both brought front page news in this country and so it should.
Back on April 2, 147 people were killed in an attack at a college in Kenya and got scant news. The gunman targeted specifically Christians and systematically gunned them down. Not anywhere near the amount of outrage here. See this interesting comparison of the press. I find it interesting that there is a whole Black Lives Matter movement, but apparently not African black lives.
I have had the privilege of going to Rwanda twice and hearing the history of 1 million people massacred while the west turned a blind eye. It is still amazing to me because had the west done the bare minimum, most of those lives would have been spared. Today, we still hear little about what happens in Africa.
We just recognized at our church Persecution Sunday which we do every
year. As demonstration of the systematic killing of Christians every 5
minutes a candle is blown out. This is an increase from last year where
it was every 7 minutes. Christians we know in latter days will
experience an increase in persecution. It is only a matter of time
before it happens in America.
I am very grateful that God puts a high premium on every life. He knows every hair on our head, He knows every breath we take. He cared enough to stand in our place in Christ in repayment of a death penalty that each of us deserves. Lives matter to God whether they are in Africa, Syria, Iraq, Iran, North Korea, or anywhere else.
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