What is going on?

I'm having a hard time dealing with all that is going on in our broken, screwed up world now.  Dave feels like we are really just on the brink, and I am terrified that he is right.

I don't understand all that is going on.  I don't understand how we have a president who can speak one minute about the journalist who was beheaded and the next minute go play golf and yuk it up with his buddies.  

I don't understand how one man's murder can cause such an uproar in our nation while other unjustified murders happen daily without any mention.  I'm trying so hard to understand this race issue.  Last night I stayed up late reading all different posts on the internet trying to gain insight and wisdom and I just came away more confused than ever.  Who is right?  I really, really don't know.  I do know God views everybody as equal in His eyes.  I do know he values every person's life.

I don't understand how everybody in this country seems to be more obsessed with pouring ice water over their heads than thinking about what's going on in Iraq and how people are being BEHEADED!!!!  Does the violence and injustice not scare anybody but me?  How are we so oblivious?

And why are we not talking about all of these issues and praying about them at church???

Satan is having a hey day with our nation (really with the world) right now.  And it's so easy to just want to crawl in bed and throw the covers over my head and try to ignore it all.

I can't ignore.  Instead I worry.  And wonder what I can do.

I know God is in control.  I know He has a plan.  I just wish he would send Jesus back and end it all.  The not knowing what is going to happen and the worrying about the even more horrible things that could possibly happen is excruciating.

And what breaks my heart more than anything is that we all, every single one of us have access to this awesome God who loves us more than anything and wants us to love him and turn to Him so he can show His abundant love to us.  And it seems like the majority of people have no use for that.  How have we become so self-involved and self-reliant that we don't see a need for a Savior?

I just don't understand.

So, I'm praying every second I can today.  Praying for peace.  Praying for understanding.  Praying for the right things to do and say.

I do know how the story ends.  Thank God for that!  Now if I can just keep reminding myself.