but A LOT MORE forgiveness...

There is a lot of pain, but a lot more healing
There is a lot of hate, but a lot more loving
There is a lot of sin, but a lot more forgiveness
There is a lot of darkness, but a lot more light

There is an enemy that seeks to kill what it cant control
It twists and turns
Making mountains out of mere hills
but I will call on the Lord who is worthy of praise

I run to him and I am saved
by outrageous grace
thru my Jesus I can stand
song by Godfrey Birtill

We are not called to stand apart but to bring healing, truth and forgivess to broken world thru Jesus.I dont want to deny darkness and live in a bubble among my own people but look into darkness since we are called to darkness with our light. Some days it feels it might cost me everything...but he reminds me that there is "A LOT MORE forgiveness and A LOT MORE light" than anything that the enemy might come up with. Isnt that quite something?

Forgiveness on the cross is concrete. On the cross you see no good agendas, no ethical programs or peace talks but you see someone already paying the price. It is forgiveness not based on us being humane or idealistic, trying our best or being reasonable. Someone is paying the price.

A journalist commented that the West potrayed Saddam's execution as "redemptive violence". There is redemptive violence indeed, but ...the one dying is not Saddam.