Gorazde. 1992-1995.

I once was lost but now am found,
Was blind, but now, I see.

The true depth and depravity of rape and murder cannot be understood outside the heart of God.

Of course many of us feel outrage and disgust when we are told stories of murder and rape. Families butchered, children slaughtered.

But on the other hand, why are so many of us DOING those things? For pleasure even.

US....WE....all of us...humans.

We have a tendency to separate ourselves from the depraved rapist and murderers....we distinguish them as pigs and animals. I know this, because I have done it myself.

We separate ourselves from those who do what we consider great evil. We separate the us, the humans, from them, the 'animals.'

It causes great discomfort to me to realize that this is exactly what the criminal and evil 'animals' of history have done as well.

Rapist, murders, genocidal tyrants....they compartmentalize some humans as human and others as livestock. It is difficult to murder a mother, but quite easy to butcher a cow.

God...in the light of His truth...has opened my eyes again to the reality that every human is human. Every human has worth, and every human has capacity for both divine inspired goodness, and divine rejecting evil.

The blame for sins and suffering of the world rest on all our shoulders.

God help us, because he is the only one who can.

Humans let loose by God to their own devices, can never hold onto the idea of real human equality for more than a fleeting moment. Our laws may state that all are equal...but our actions scream out that our own personal comfort is worth more than thousands elsewhere. It is overwhelming to see and contemplate the need and suffering of those around the world....but how easily we put them to the side.

Without Gods continuous correction, we not only love ourselves more than all else...we worship ourselves above all else....including God.

I once was lost but now am found,
Was blind, but now, I see.