Posted by Bigfish69 on 4:39 pm | Categories: contemplations, questions, reconcile, Seeking God, sin, sinner, thoughts
by Elsie Hemming
Tears
flowed down my cheeks as I read the letter from Father which was opened
after his murder. His love and forgiveness for his killers makes me
feel ashamed and distressed. For some months, I have felt guilty about
not seeing Christ in pedophiles, terrorists, killers of women in the
name of 'honour' - I know I should but I cannot believe that Christ
could live in such people.
My
daughter disagrees with me. She tells me that until a person accepts
Christ and recieves the holy Spirit, we should not expect to see Christ
in that person.
Then
I recall that Christ died for ALL people, and cannot reconcile that
fact with relegating those I believe are guilty of heinous crimes in
limbo. Who am I to judge my fellows? I have no right to do so. But I
do. My mind and heart fight one another.
My
mind whirls round and round. Surely, these days, too much is made of
the sinner and not enough of the victims. If I feel love for the evil
ones, am I not condoning evil? If I condone evil, I am as evil as the
perpetrators. Love the sinner, and hate the sin, I have been taught,
but how do I separate them? There would be no sin without the sinner.
