Back on the porch again, but it seems like I’m not very far from the pew. Truth is I really don’t want to be far from the pew, I do not want to be far from my God. If you didn’t know or were not familiar with who Charlie Kirk was you’re probably in my estimation very much average. Oh I knew some things about Charlie Kirk about his ministry to the youth on campuses his willingness to discuss and have a dialogue with people who in some instances hated him, but he tried to establish some kind of a dialogue where we could learn to talk to each other, instead of shooting each other. Now if that wasn’t enough right on the heels of that horrific event, there was another school shooting again…hate and violence took the place of reason and respect. You know if you dwell on this long enough, you can get pretty well down. It’s not easy to understand the actions of other people, but it’s even harder to understand why we continue to tolerate this business. All of us here on the porch really don’t want to offer any solutions, we have an opinion and we’ll talk about it among ourselves and will ponder what maybe might be a solution but when it’s all said and done, I find myself going back to the pew. Going back to God for comfort and hopefully for our enlightenment . Consider this, it is important to mention in anything we write or say about this past event that Charlie Kirk was a man of God, and he went to these campuses to discuss with these students their beliefs, always encouraging them to share. But he always had time to hear every one of them that wanted to step up to that microphone and he was never disrespectful of any of them. I think it was a big enough deal, his assassination and that’s what I’m going to call it, it has made an impression on a lot of different people in a lot of different ways, but I look at that assassination of that man to be just one more time when we lost our way. We have a fairly diverse group of folks to share on the porch, not the same ones every week, but we get together pretty much on a regular basis. So what I want to share with you this week is that this particular incident followed by the shooting of school students has become a turning point for us. Which direction will we go? I’m sure they will differ, for me my direction can be found in the Scriptures.

Philippians 

4:8 And now, dear brothers and sisters, one final thing. Fix your thoughts on what is true, and honorable, and right, and pure, and lovely, and admirable. Think about things that are excellent and worthy of praise. 

I can only speak for myself, but I can say without any hesitation that I have reached a crossroad in my life. Again the answer for me can be found in the Scriptures.

Jeremiah 6:16

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This is what the Lord says:
“Stop at the crossroads and look around.
Ask for the old, godly way, and walk in it.
Travel its path, and you will find rest for your souls…….
 

Ponder That!  What direction will you take?

Kurt