Asking God to Stay Out
Anonymous (submitted via email)
On national American TV, Billy Graham's daughter was being interviewed and was
asked "How could God let something like this happen?" (the Columbine High School
Massacre) and Anne Graham gave an extremely profound and insightful response.
She said:
"I believe that God is deeply saddened by this, just as we
are, but for years we've been telling God to get out of our schools, to get out
of our government and to get out of our lives. And being the gentleman that He
is, I believe that He has calmly backed out. How can we expect God to give us
His blessing and His protection if we demand that He leave us alone?"
This really makes you think.
In the USA, Madeline Murray O'Hare complained she didn't want any prayer in our
schools, and we said OK. Then, someone said you better not read the Bible in
school... the Bible that says thou shalt not kill, thou shalt not steal, and
love your neighbour as yourself. And we said, OK.
Then, Dr. Benjamin Spock said we shouldn't spank our children when they
misbehave because their little personalities would be warped and we might damage
their self-esteem. And we said, an expert should know what he's talking about so
we said OK.
Then, someone said teachers and principals better not discipline our children
when they misbehave. And the school administrators said no faculty member in
this school better touch a student when they misbehave because we don't want any
bad publicity, and we surely don't want to be sued (even though there's a BIG
difference between disciplining and touching, beating, smacking, humiliating,
kicking, etc.) And we said, OK.
Then someone said, let's let our daughters have abortions if they want, and they
won't even have to tell their parents. And we said, OK.
Then some wise school board member said, since boys will be boys and they're
going to do it anyway, let's give our sons all the condoms they want, so they
can have all the fun they desire, and we won't have to tell their parents they
got them at school. And we said, OK.
Then some of our top elected officials said it doesn't matter what we do in
private as long as we do our jobs. And agreeing with them, we said it doesn't
matter what anyone, including the President of the USA, does in private as long
as we have jobs and the economy is good.
And then someone said let's print magazines with pictures of nude women and call
it wholesome, down-to-earth appreciation for the beauty of the female body. And
we said, OK.
And then someone else took that appreciation a step further and published
pictures of nude children and then stepped further still by making them
available on the internet. And we said OK, they're entitled to their free
speech.
And then the entertainment industry said, let's make TV shows and movies that
promote profanity, violence, and illicit sex. And let's record music that
encourages rape, drugs, murder, suicide, and satanic themes. And we said it's
just entertainment, it has no adverse effect, and nobody takes it seriously
anyway, so go right ahead.
Now we're asking ourselves why our children have no conscience, why they don't
know right from wrong, and why it doesn't bother them to kill strangers, their
classmates, and themselves.
Probably, if we think about it long and hard enough, we can figure it out.
I think it has a great deal to do with "we reap what we sow."
"Dear God, Why didn't you save the little girl killed in her classroom?"
Sincerely, Concerned Student
... and the reply
"Dear Concerned Student, I am not allowed in schools".
Sincerely, God.
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