You better be glad God does not totally annihilate your enemies. I woke this morning thinking about my enemies. I had to admit, that if God took my enemies off the map, I would be in a pickle. Some of my enemies, I work with. Some of my enemies, are my relatives. Some of my enemies, I owe money to. Some of my enemies, are major players in the state in which I live. If God were to place his hand on my enemies, I would be affected too. In Jeremiah 29, God instructs Israel to pray for the peace of Babylon. He says that their peace is your peace. My mother married a man who was not a Christian and prayed that God would, “Get him”. Well, when God got him, he left her with his children and no child support payment. Even though I can’t stand being in the same room with people who I know hate me, I must acknowledge that God can’t bring the roof down on them and then I be spared. In this spirit, I have to realize that I am joined to the sinner just like the sinner is joined to me. I heard something that disturbed me years ago. An evangelist reported that hurricane Katrina was punishment for all the sinners in New Orleans. I had a problem with that. You see, there were an awful lot of really great people who got hurt in that city who were not voodoo worshippers and snake charmers. There were a lot of bible toting, rosary counting people who should not have had to go through that situation. We just can’t separate ourselves from this world like that. We must be in this world, but not of this world. There is no island you can go to that would make us independent from other people. Pray for the peace of Babylon.
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