Last night I went to the gym and while I was on the elliptical I was watching the TV’s. You know how there is always a bunch of TV’s going on different channels? Well at my gym you need a radio frequency to hear the different stations. So I was only watching not listening. The one in front of me was on CNN and on the left was fox news and the right a cop show. After about 5 minutes my eyes were filled with tears. It was unbearable to watch all that was going on simultaneously. No words can describe how heavy my heart became at that very moment. I lowered my head and cried into my shirt. I had lost all energy to continue working out. On Fox was some sort of money scandal for hundreds of millions. On the cop channel was shootouts and drug wars and street gangs killing each other. by the way most were only kids. And on CNN were these little faces of children on the Gaza strip being taken into make shift hospitals, and others children running to hide behind an adult, any adult they could find. There was a little girl with a deep gash between her eyes just staring into the camera...a blank stunned face with so much confusion and pain behind her eyes. That’s when I lost it.
"Oh dear God please protect the little children" I cried in my heart. I had to get out from in front of the TV’s
I went to try and finish a work out. Now out from in front of the TV’s and the news of tragedy happening that very moment, I found my self-working out and the heaviness in my heart was leaving.
Later as I was reflecting on what I had seen I realized something. Because I wasn't seeing what was going on I was fine. The Holy Spirit spoke to me then. He said just because my eyes are not seeing the hurting and the lost of this world doesn’t mean that they are not there. I should make every effort to be in prayer for the hurting and the injustice around this world, the spiritual warfare that is taking place out side of my comfort zone. If I truly care about what burdens God's heart I will look for it and not keep it out of site so as to be out of mind. The pain is hard handle... but I know the answer so how can I hide?
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