"Caged boy"
Each morning I read news from several different websites. I am kind of a news junkie. I have read stories of destruction, death, and disease. I read fun stories too. But stories like the following leave me without words.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/ct-met-caged-boy-20110525,0,4162190,full.story
What about this poor boy? What was the world like to him? What does he understand? He lived a tragic life. What about the adults? What is the world like to them? What do they understand? They live tragic lives. What about the other kids? What about the neighbors, teachers, friends of, etc?
I really don't believe that humans were created to be monsters like these people. I don't know how it happened to them. I am sure that they were mistreated and abused as kids too. Sin is ugly. Sin begets more sin. In a few places the Bible teaches that sin takes people over. As people continue to give in to sin, the sin starts to form who they are. They become, well, what they have become - unbelievable real-life monsters.
I wish that God would have intervened for this boy. Specifically, I wish he would have snatched this boy from them, along with the rest of the children, and given them to people who could care for and love them. God did not do that. Not on earth anyways. Is this boy in Heaven? I hope so. I hope so with all of my heart.
True stories like this make me more aware of my misunderstanding of the world, of God, and of human nature. I am a strong believer that we can never fully understand any of those three things while we are on the earth. The more I understand, the more I go through, the more I hear people's stories, the more I realize that there is far more to wisdom and knowledge than I will ever understand. Cut and dry answers will never satisfy me in the case of this boy's tragic life.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/ct-met-caged-boy-20110525,0,4162190,full.story
What about this poor boy? What was the world like to him? What does he understand? He lived a tragic life. What about the adults? What is the world like to them? What do they understand? They live tragic lives. What about the other kids? What about the neighbors, teachers, friends of, etc?
I really don't believe that humans were created to be monsters like these people. I don't know how it happened to them. I am sure that they were mistreated and abused as kids too. Sin is ugly. Sin begets more sin. In a few places the Bible teaches that sin takes people over. As people continue to give in to sin, the sin starts to form who they are. They become, well, what they have become - unbelievable real-life monsters.
I wish that God would have intervened for this boy. Specifically, I wish he would have snatched this boy from them, along with the rest of the children, and given them to people who could care for and love them. God did not do that. Not on earth anyways. Is this boy in Heaven? I hope so. I hope so with all of my heart.
True stories like this make me more aware of my misunderstanding of the world, of God, and of human nature. I am a strong believer that we can never fully understand any of those three things while we are on the earth. The more I understand, the more I go through, the more I hear people's stories, the more I realize that there is far more to wisdom and knowledge than I will ever understand. Cut and dry answers will never satisfy me in the case of this boy's tragic life.
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