The heart is deceitful above all things and beyond cure. Who can understand it?
~ Jeremiah 17:9 (NIV)
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A tragedy is unfolding in a Northern California town right now. A little 8-year old girl went missing a few short weeks ago, and later, her body was found in a suitcase in an irrigation pond. Horrific and deeply saddening, even to strangers of this little one. An entire town, state and nation grieves. Who can understand it?
More shocking still is the person under arrest for the crime. A 28-year old Sunday School teacher, coming from a family of pastors, and a mother herself. Families of the victim and the suspect have expressed shock at the news. How could it be? It doesn't make sense...
Whether they find her guilty of this crime remains to be seen. But a little girl is dead, and a Sunday School teacher is behind bars. We shake our heads and say, What is this world coming to? We must be in the end times for sure!
Folks, as horrible as this tragedy is, the sin of man has been weaving destruction since the Garden of Eden. We think our times are evil, and they are. But man has been devising schemes against humanity all along....and finding more and more ways to cover it up. This earth is in a perpetual state of decay, and that includes our hearts and minds. Right down to the grave. There is no such thing as evolution of the inner man. We can never create a better species, wherein the evil falls away, in favor of a "better man." Like the Word says, there is no cure.
No cure apart from divine intervention, that is. How many of you have known God's intervention in your heart and mind, changing you from decay and death, to new life and freedom from the bondage of sin? How many others do you know who have experienced it, too? It is possible through Jesus Christ, possibly to be different than how we were born, as sinners, as deceitful above all things. I thank God for loving us beyond the sin we're steeped in! He offers us cleansing and healing if we will put our faith and trust in Jesus.
Yet, is it possible for followers of Jesus to sin, after this cleansing? Not only possible, but a given. We will struggle with sin until we meet God face to face. Paul, in the book of Romans, was quick to use himself as an example of one who does what he shouldn't and doesn't do what he should. It's a constant spiritual fight for control. Yet, God continues to mould and shape us in the likeness of Jesus every day, if we are willing. Our cure is Jesus, and Jesus alone.
Please pray for both families involved in this recent tragedy. I cannot imagine the heartache of losing my child to murder; I cannot imagine suffering the pain of having my child accused of murder. May God minister to them through His Holy Spirit, and may justice be done through His divine hand.
Love,
Joelene
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