I've been struggling.
I was planning on doing a light, funny article this week, but I'm struggling. I just got off the phone with my grandfather who told me to turn on the news. As he normally does this, I ask what was going on first.
Paris is under a terrorist attack.
I don't know why, but this hit me harder than before. Maybe it's because I'm getting older and truly understand what this means. Maybe it's because I truly fear for America's future, I don't know. I start scouring the internet for any kind of information that I can find that hasn't been on the news yet. The thing is, not only do I find articles, but I find videos. These videos are of normal lives and events and in the background you hear deafening booms and gun shots.
That's what got to me.
I replayed those videos over and over. I couldn't stop. Tears came out of my eyes before I even noticed they were there. You could literally feel the terror that these people were feeling when they heard everything. These people were just living their life. They were attending a soccer game and cheering on their favorite team. They were with friends and family inside of a theater. They were listening to an American band in another venue. These innocent people were just living their life and now their families don't even know if they will be home tonight.
My heart aches.
This is where prayer becomes one of the most important things that we could ever do. Fervent prayer. Prayer for Paris and the people that just experienced something that even the word "traumatic" doesn't seem dramatic enough. Prayer for the injured and the affected families who lost loved ones tonight. Prayer for the hearts of the attackers. It's hard to imagine, but their hearts can be changed just like ours and they need it. Also, prayer for America. I don't believe that the terrorists are stopping there. We are in a time of Revelation and I don't think America is immune to the world.
Sin is real and fervent. But you know what? So is the Lord. There is so much evil in this world but God can overcome.
I pray so intensely for Paris. It's time to put on our armor, believers. It's time to get prayed up.
