Faith Through the Journey

As we look around our country, it doesn’t take long to find reasons to be somewhat pessimistic. Disregard for human life is manifested in an increase in mass shootings and bombings which have taken many lives in recent years. Abortion has taken the lives of 56 million children in the years since the Supreme Court decided that women should have the “right to privacy”. We have become increasingly self-centered and want to make sure that our lives are comfortable and easy. We are more excited about new technology and devices than we are about forming relationships with other human beings. If you look around any restaurant, airport, or other places where people gather, our attention is trained on our devices and not on the people around us. Pausing to consider these aspects of American life reminded me of a song sung by Steven Curtis Chapman a number of years ago…