Love Lives Here

      At times I am glad I am a Christian because I think the incongruities of our culture would drive me insane otherwise.  Without an understanding of the perverse and pervasive nature of sin, life would make no sense.  How else could I explain why an organization called "Love Lives Here" would raise money to support an abortionist? Love Lives Here began as a grassroots effort in Billings when some Jewish households were targeted for holiday vandalism. To show solidarity with their Jewish neighbors, the neighborhood bought and displayed menorahs in as many homes as possible. Hence the name, Love Lives Here.
     Recently in my own hometown, a local physician's assistant, our lone abortion provider, had her office ransacked.  Despite the fact that a bailbond office was also broken into, the "doctor" insisted it was a hate crime and blamed it on religious people. In our politically correct crime classifications, "hate crime" is thought to be worse than more personal crimes like murder, although I have yet to hear those referred to as "love" crimes.  It was particularly poor timing for a ransack because a 40 Days for Life prayer vigil was set to begin about that time and had to withdraw to praying at churches or homes so the vigil would not be associated with acts of violence.
     Apparently Love Lives Here does not have that problem because they have raised thousands of dollars to help rebuild a place that murders babies.  Love Lives Here supports Death Kills Here. If I didn't understand that sin corrupts reasoning, the incongruity would blow me away.  Or perhaps not, if I were not a Christian perhaps that reasoning would make perfect sense to me. Scary thought. I am trying to pray for Ms. Cahill to come to know Christ before a life which has made her bitter becomes an eternity so much worse. I am praying for the young man who vandalized the clinic and his Christian family and that the testimony of the pro-life movement will not be harmed. And I am praying that some good will come of this. Ms. Cahill is thinking of leaving our unloving community and going where people can live and let live. That's what we wanted too--live and let live.