Thursday, October 31, 2013

Looking for something scary?

Seek good, not evil, that you may live (Amos 5:14).

Where do you go to find the biggest scare?

The haunted house is a perennial favorite.  Cobwebs everywhere.  Squeaking doors and creaking floors.  An unexplained sound coming from the closet; an unidentified shape lurking under the bed.  If you want to be scared, go to a spooky old house.

The graveyard is another standby.  A dark, misty night among the tombstones.  Tree roots hidden in shadow that make you unexpectedly trip.  Furtive movement in the distance.  If you want to get your teeth chattering, visit a creepy cemetery at night.

A lonely stretch of wilderness can also be scary.  A dark and narrow road, banked on either side with thick vegetation.  A quiet woods on a moonless night.  A city street where light poles are far apart and you are surrounded by deep shadows.  Such places can get your pulse racing, especially when you realize there is no cell phone reception.

But the most frightening place of all is right in your own home.  You can see it on the wall.  If you want to be truly horrified by something, just take a look in a mirror.

Humans are scary.  We are capable of incredible evil. Humans don’t just kill to survive, they kill for pleasure.  Men take sex and turn it into rape.  Women kidnap children and raise them as their own.  Kids bully each other so viciously that victims commit suicide.  Scientists work in laboratories develop unstoppable bacterial weapons.  Politicians authorize torture to pry secrets out of foreign prisoners.  Angry people plot suicide attacks against those they feel have wronged them.  Bitter individuals use lies and gossip to destroy another’s reputation. Look in the mirror and you see the face of evil.

It takes guts and determination to walk into a scary place. Yet despite the terrible danger, God’s Son chose to visit our dark and scary world.  He came to show His love and compassion to people twisted by evil.  He came to offer forgiveness, to change evil scary monsters into kind and gentle children of God.  When Jesus is in charge of your life, you don’t have to fear gazing at the mirror.

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