A Letter to the Enemy

Evil One,

You have been busy this season. Your handy work has been seen in many events in this last week. Not least of all in Portland, Oregon (you remember, at the mall) and worse in Newton, Connecticut. I am writing to let you in on a few things. You may think that you have won the day. When we look around this world we see pain and hurt and inexplicable acts of horror committed by our fellow humans. It would be easy for us to give up, to throw in the towel and lose our faith in humanity, or worse, in God the Almighty. But do you know what I saw when I turned on the news this morning? Grieving, yes. Heart ache, yes. But do you know what I remember most about the news? 

This:

And this:

And this:

And this:

It wasn't the name of the shooter. Are we talking about the gunman? Sure we are. But do you know what we are really spending our time on? The heroes. The people who risked and gave their lives for others. Like the teacher who shoved all her first graders into cabinets and then faced the gunman on her own, knowing that she would die, and in the process save every single one of her students. We are talking about the person in the office who left the loud speaker on to warn the school that there was danger, giving teachers time to protect their students. We are talking about the six year old boy who bravely lead his friends to safety after their teacher had been shot. We are talking about the  vigils and the rallies that people are holding to honor victims. We are talking about the people who are helping and holding and praying for the hurting. We are grieving and weeping with those who lost. We are mourning as a nation and do you know why? Because, you have lost. 

Take a second and let that sink in. This is not a recent occurrence. You lost and it happened 2,000 years ago. It happened the day Jesus conquered death to save us. You lost in that pinnacle of Godly sacrifice. And that, oh Evil One is truth. You have lost and you had better get used to it.

Your Enemy in Christ Jesus,

Jillian

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