Tis so sweet to trust in Jesus sounds good
...but especially so in front of an abortion clinic, where we sang it this morning. Right there in front of the "gates of Hell."
’Tis so sweet to trust in Jesus,
And to take Him at His Word;
Just to rest upon His promise,
And to know, “Thus says the Lord!”Refrain
Jesus, Jesus, how I trust Him!
How I’ve proved Him o’er and o’er
Jesus, Jesus, precious Jesus!
O for grace to trust Him more!O how sweet to trust in Jesus,
Just to trust His cleansing blood;
And in simple faith to plunge me
’Neath the healing, cleansing flood!Refrain
Yes, ’tis sweet to trust in Jesus,
Just from sin and self to cease;
Just from Jesus simply taking
Life and rest, and joy and peace.Refrain
posted by Matt Friedeman at
12:43 PM
5 Comments:
Do you sing that same song to those responsible for the trade sanctions against Iraq that killed thousands upon thousands of Iraqi children? Secretary of State Madeleine Albright thought the price was worth it. Apparently those children don't matter so much to the neo-con christians. if so, where was the outcry from those in the mainstream?
I get the feeling that many American Christians are so short-sighted that they care only about Americans and American babies. The cry is always "Pray for Our Troops" but have you prayed for the Iraqis and their children?
I love how trade sanctions are blamed for the deaths of the children. The people that caused the sanctions to be placed have no fault in this matter, huh? Whenever you want to criticize Christians for not doing enough to protect the rights and lives of children in other countries, I would like you to do a search into who provides the world's poorest with the most voluntary aid. Catholic Charities, Food for the Hungry, Feed the Children, and countless others, provide nourishment, vaccinations, and other critical medical care throughout the world.
You may have a point about some of us being short-sighted, but by praying for our troops' success, we are praying for God to bring peace and stability to a repressive area of the world.
The trade sanctions are blamed because that is what caused it by killing the free market. Saddam was not the cause of the trade sanctions, that honor belongs to our politicians. But I guess 500,000 dead children (according to some estimates) over 12 years are worth ridding the world of Saddam – though we had to fight a 'war' to finally accomplish it. As far as me criticizing Christians – I am a Christian so I fail to see the need to respond to the rest.
A good article that Christians need to read is Frederic Bastiat’s What is Seen and What is Unseen that shows the consequences of our regulations.
"I get the feeling that many American Christians are so short-sighted that they care only about Americans and American babies."
You made the above statement that we only care about our's, but then you see no need to respond to the truth that American Christians, though imperfect in many ways, provide for many, many more than our own babies.
Sanctions so rarely affect the governments that we are trying to change, but short of military action all over the world, it is about the only thing we have. If there is a solution, not a bandage, to use in place of sanctions, I would more than support it. I would urge my Congressmen to sponsor and press for such measures. Until and after that day, I will continue to send financial and spiritual support to the world's children. It is the least that I, an American Christian can do.
I am not denying that Christians do good things and provide for others, which is why I didn’t respond to that in particular. My comment was tongue-in-cheek and was only meant to show that there was much outrage at one position yet not near as much as the other. Another way to read my statement is “In comparison to our vocal outrage in regards to abortion, it appears that we only care of Americans...” If you'll notice, I said that I get the *feeling* that this is true, not that it *actually is true*, which supports my further explanations here. Even so, maybe I should’ve been clearer.
This seems to me to be a double standard among so many of us. We get outraged at babies being aborted in our own country (which is good) yet our government supports the same mess through our foreign policy all over the world (and yes we prop up dictators and other characters). Most Christians are the ones supporting such a foreign policy! (We won’t even get into the contradicting justificatory bases of the two positions).
Merely asserting that Christians are ‘imperfect’ does not relieve us of this double standard. That’s similar to answering a critique of why you killed 20 people by replying ‘well look at all the people I’ve not killed and given food to’. We need to get the Christian statists to start reflecting on their foreign policy and the consequences that flow from it.
Sanctions and military adventures are not the only tools we have. These are what we were warned against. But if sanctions don’t work, why use them at all? I think it’s usually the avg citizens (or at least are the first ones) who get hurt by such. Other tools for us are to be good examples, talk with others, and allow free trade with all. This was the policy of the Founders who warned us about getting involved in the affairs of other countries.
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