Tuesday, May 22, 2012

Dearest God,

Does evil lurk within each of us?  Is every person on the face of the earth susceptible to doing heinous acts?  What triggers the demons in the human soul?

Today while reading the news I could hardly imagine a cartel leader ordering, mutilating, and murdering 48 or more persons and dumping their beheaded bodies on a Mexican roadway.  I guess that should not surprise us since with some regularity we hear the horrific things people do to one another.  But why, Lord, why?

What motivates us to hurt or harm one another?  Is there some gene, some flaw or defect that when strained reaches out to destroy?  Is it the need for self preservation?  Or something else?  What causes it, Mighty God?

When I heard this tragic news, all I knew to do was pray.  As I pray for victims and their families and perpetrators and theirs, should I pray for a world capable of this kind of evil...for each of us?

Massage our hearts,
O God;
soften them
so that
we can do
only good.
Teach us
to love first
making us incapable
of evil,
I pray.

Love, Andrea