WHEN APATHY UPSTAGES COMPASSION
"It's not my responsibility, you do it!" "No, I'm not going to do it, you should do it!" Sound familiar??? Think I'm talking about some teenagers--maybe your own, fighting over the dishes, or cleaning up the family room? Well, no, I'm not. I'm actually referring to the bigger mess we find our society in--the shoving match between the church and government, in America. It's what happens when apathy upstages compassion. "The Footprints of satan " by Max Lucado "Once He was approached by a leper, who knelt before Him begging His help. 'If only You will,' said the man, 'You can cleanse me.' In warm indignation Jesus stretched out His hand, and touched him. (Mark 1:40-41, NEB) I was a victim in an emergency room late one night last week. Victims of satan filled the halls. A child? Puffy, swollen eyes. Beaten by her father. A woman? Bruised cheeks, bloody nose. 'My boyfriend got drunk and hit me,' she said, we...