Ok, unless you literally live under a proverbial rock you know about the middle eastern refugees who are seeking asylum in other eastern countries as well as in the United States. I must confess that I, as a father, a husband, and as an American, am very concerned with the idea of 10,000 refugees flooding into our country. I have absolutely no problem with humanitarian needs being met. My concern is with the undoubtedly hidden threats that will also be coming into our backyards along with the innocents. Every fiber of my being is screaming that we most certainly should not let them into our personal safe haven (which isn’t really all that safe, but I guess it is relative to where they are coming from)! But, I’ve really done some thinking and soul searching and have had to check that line of thinking.
Let me throw this thought at you, from a family leadership prospective. Say a group in our country that is considered to be radical, but relatively peaceful, say the Westboro Baptist “Church”, started murdering non-Christian and Christian alike for not believing in their particular brand of hatred. Not only locally, but their movement began to spread. They attack and acquire weaponry and equipment from National Guard and Homeland Security facilities and go on the march straight to your state/city/town/neighborhood/backyard/house. You take your family and run. Lets say, for the sake of my illustration, that you run to Iraq where Islam is a stable form of government and the majority of the population is made up of moderate Muslims. But they don’t let you in with your precious family because you or the people with you could be radical Christian terrorists. You know that you and yours are innocent! But they still don’t want to let you in because of the perceived threat.
Does this scenario give you pause? Did you stop and think about what those monsters would do to your wife? To your children? Or to you? All you want to do is keep your family safe from all harm. But you can’t get away.
This is not meant to try to make you change your mind about national or personal security, or to downplay the very real threat, and I have no budgetary scheme to pay for the aid these people would need, but just to think about it in another light. I must tell you, that as I write this and realize how hard hearted I have been thus far, my heart is breaking for those innocent families who just want a place to live peacefully. Please join me in prayer for the men, women, and children who are caught up in the hateful schemes of evil men.
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