Last week, 6 busses were held up at gunpoint in broad daylight (10 a.m.). On one of those busses, we had a Bible School student who was headed, with his wife, to register for school. Unfortunately, all of the money he had in this world (nearly $600), was taken by the thieves. This was the "ugly". I'll start there.
There is some good in this story, as well. Not only are people responding to help this young man replace those funds, but on another bus held up that day, 4 professional photographers were on their way back home. They had been commissioned to take pictures of 4 churches that had recently been built and dedicated, so that we could show the donors that the job had been well done. Fortunately, the thieves were not interested in cameras, so they did not lose their means of livelihood. We are grateful for this.
As I heard about these thugs and their bad and ugly actions, I was reminded of Psalm 1, where it says that the "wicked are like the chaff, which the wind blows away". At the end of the chapter, it says, "For the Lord knows the way of the righteous, but the way of the ungodly shall perish". They may get away with it now, but it isn't the final word. It's wonderful to be reminded of that.
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