It Doesn't Make Sense

On this beautiful Saturday morning, I read a bit in my bible to kick off the day, then read about persecuted Christians in Somolia, Korea, Sudan, India and around the world. What a privledge to be able to sit in my living room and read my bible (of which I have more than one of and I don't have to hide). Tomorrow I will go to church, and we will worship openly and without fear. How is it that so much of the world (even many in our country where we are supposed to be free to believe and practice our religion) treats Christians as the ones to fear? It is other religions and factions that hunt, kill, torture, vandalize and orphan Christians simply because they choose believe in Christ. Within our borders, Christians and their businesses are sued and harrassed because they choose not to do business with or go along with what goes against their beliefs. How is choosing not to participate in what goes against personal beliefs forcing beliefs on anyone else? How is it that those who enforce the law often seem to have fewer rights than those breaking the law? How is it that our world has turned so upside down and inside out?
None of it makes sense; however, God did tell us this would be the case, yet we are to love and pray for those who persecute. Hatred and condemnation is their tool, not God's. So, today I pray for eyes and hearts to be opened around the world to God's message of love, forgiveness and mercy. I pray that, just as with the Apostle Paul, scales would fall from eyes and light would shine in the darkness... that evil would be exposed for what it is and be replaced by love.
I'm off to mow the lawn...