We wonder why anyone would harm someone else like they did in Boston earlier this week. We search and ask for some logical explanation for their cruelty. But, sometimes there are no answers. Harming another is not how God programed us. Jesus said we should love one another, even our enemies. When someone deliberately causes another’s death or injury that is way out of our understanding, or anything we call logical. So, we cannot use logic, our thinking ability, to figure out why someone would do something so terrible. It is illogical.
There is darkness in a few people where love cannot live. Thank Gods that there are very few of them. Do not be afraid. The Lord God knows your name and even how many hairs you have on your head. He is pure and complete love and he is with you always, to comfort and guide you. His love is bigger than any hate in the world.
Do not worry. Do not try to figure out why someone would harm people who are just out running on a beautiful day and those who love them and wait for them to cross the finish line. I will not lie to you. A handful of people will try to block the light of love . . . but Love always wins. Don’t let people who hate, change the love you have for others: your family and friends and the stranger in your midst. We are people of love and it is wonderful that we cannot figure out the logic of hate. Who would want to? God knows their heart and he knows yours too. We are Easter people. We are the people of the cross. We know what love is and we know how to pass it along. Remember, you are loved by the King of Kings, our Lord God.
