Evil

The horrific devastation  when satan works in the minds of people unleashes pure evil. We are seeing mass killings happen more all the time. In fact in less than a month, there have been 3 mass killings. People are becoming desensitized to it. There is less shock and awe, and we are starting to become numb to it. How did we get here? It is so horrible and should not be happening. October 1, 2017, 58 people were shot and killed at a country music concert. The shooter stood above in a hotel and shot out the window. On October 31 a man ran a pickup down a bike path in NY killing 8. November 5, 2017, 26 people were killed by a gunman at a church in Texas. Shooting in a church really hit me hard. First Baptist church in Texas, a gunman entered the church on a Sunday morning and opened fire on the congregation killing women, children, families. It was too close to home. It made me think of the little First Baptist church in Stratford and the people. I looked through the victims on facebook several days later and read about their involvement in the church and how long they had been members. Some for years, those killed included the pastors daughter, elders, a pregnant mother of 5 and 3 of her children, a couple that was attending for their first time, a family lost daughter, son, grandchildren. My heart hurts for them all. And the little children that saw it all and survived. Church is my safe place, my sanctuary, my comfort, the place I feel peace and joy. I feel God's protection and his presence. This gunman went into a church and killed so many. I don't feel safe anymore. There isn't a place in this world where you can be safe. People have turned from God and this is the result.  I am fearful of the future because you cant imagine anything worse an yet it continues to get worse. Spiritual warfare is around us, the devil, demons, and the power of darkness , they are real and they are actively at work in our world. We need to seek the Lord in prayer and pray for our world.
I have made the decision to get my permit to carry. I don't want to cower and hide in a bad situation. I want to feel like I can do something, I can fight back, prevent others from being killed. I hope and pray I or any of my family is never in a situation like the above. We still sleep in our home with all doors unlocked at night. I want it to always be that way.