This is really encouraging. The angel wasn't told to put a mark on the forehead of everyone who was shouting warnings from the street corners or those who had been locked up or shunned because they stood up for and with God's righteousness (although that may have been the case for some of those who were marked), but all those who merely mourned in their own hearts and minds over the wickedness.
It's also a good reminder and challenge to never let ourselves get calused. Just because we can't turn the world around on our own is no excuse to stop being disturbed by what we see. We can also take comfort in the fact that we can always find expression for that internal pain through prayer.
Right on. This verse comes to mind when I think about this topic: "he rescued righteous Lot, greatly distressed by the sensual conduct of the wicked (for as that righteous man lived among them day after day, he was tormenting his righteous soul over their lawless deeds that he saw and heard)" (2 Peter 2:7-8)
That verse once again shows that tension of living in a crazy culture and God noticing those who walk that tension! Thank you for posting that, Susanna!
This is really encouraging. The angel wasn't told to put a mark on the forehead of everyone who was shouting warnings from the street corners or those who had been locked up or shunned because they stood up for and with God's righteousness (although that may have been the case for some of those who were marked), but all those who merely mourned in their own hearts and minds over the wickedness.
It's also a good reminder and challenge to never let ourselves get calused. Just because we can't turn the world around on our own is no excuse to stop being disturbed by what we see. We can also take comfort in the fact that we can always find expression for that internal pain through prayer.
All of this is so 100% spot on!!! 💛💛💛💛💛💛💛
Right on. This verse comes to mind when I think about this topic: "he rescued righteous Lot, greatly distressed by the sensual conduct of the wicked (for as that righteous man lived among them day after day, he was tormenting his righteous soul over their lawless deeds that he saw and heard)" (2 Peter 2:7-8)
That verse once again shows that tension of living in a crazy culture and God noticing those who walk that tension! Thank you for posting that, Susanna!