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- Has Jesus Christ been glorified?
- If “Yes”, what does that say about the horrific acts that took place?
- If “No”, How is Jesus not glorified by this?
Grieving Amish raise money for killer’s family
‘This is possible if you have Christ in your heart’
Posted: October 4, 2006
8:20 p.m. Eastern
© 2006 WorldNetDaily.com
In what’s being called a stunning example of “the imitation of Christ,” the Amish community devastated by the cold-blooded murder of five of its schoolgirls is raising money for the killer’s family.
Explaining the Amish way, Gertrude Huntington, an expert on children in Amish society, told the AP that Roberts’ Amish neighbors would probably be very supportive of the killer and his wife, “because judgment is in God’s hands: ‘Judge not, that ye be not judged.’”
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I believe that the amish have glorified Jesus in a way that has not beenseen in the mainstream culture in quite some time. In fact I cannot remember another instance of such great example offf of the top of my head at all. This turn of events got the attention of MANY people. It has been a hot topic around the watercooler at my workplace and I am sure many other workplaces as well. At the same time I have found it a bit dismaying that most of the same people that have noted the Amish’s remarkable spirit and commitment to the Jesus way can’t seem to see the connection of principles regarding this event and most of the other stories dominating the news right now….like say…”the war on terror”. I watched a bit of the Glenn beck show last night for instance… Beck, earlier in the day on his radio show, had commented about how the way of peace and peacemaking, serenity, forgiveness, goodness and faith is always superior to violence and domination. Then on his TV show later in the evening you could find him making the case that the so- called “War on terror” MUST be won- of course by using destruction of the enemy by way of violence, intimidation, coercion and domination…thus asserting that the way to peace is through warfare. I’m sorry, but isn’t this the very essence of secular humanism- a concept reviled by many “conservatives”- a belief that we humans can control history by sheer firepower and strength of will?. Isn’t this ignoring the mandates by Jesus to love our enemies and to leave vengeance to God? Of course these questions open the door to many deep topics and conversations- some that you and I have already run through. The questions you pose in the thread just above this one are examples of these…and they all lead to this: The real question that the “World” doesn’t seem to be getting is, “How does God seek to establish peace on earth though us- the church?”
Is it by empowering us to destroy our enemies? Or is it by providing us a Saviour by which we can attain a spiritual peace in a fallen world, a life of liberation from fear and death via a redeemed eternal soul- by following and imitating the way of that saviour?
When He who formed the hand of man was struck in the face,and when evil men passed judgement on the Judge of all, His mother looked on with a silent faith that is beyond telling. She is the swift protection of those who pray in silence; an unassailable fortress for the oppressed. Being sure of what we hope for and certain of what we do not see, we are surrounded by a great cloud of witnesses.Great men of faith, Holy Martyrs, Saints and Choirs of Angels, yet my own doubts, cowardess and faithlessness lead me to believe that I may not have borne such a gracious witness for the Lord as did the Amish that day. “For I can do all things…..” rattles hollow to me in the face of such tragedy and horror; yet our Lord , his mother our Father and countless others have chosen the path of divine mercy and run the race. I can only pray that I would fight the good fight of faith. -RCC
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