Billy Graham's
daughter was interviewed on the Early Show and Jane Clayson asked her "How
could God let something like this happen?" (regarding the attacks on Sept.
11). Anne Graham gave an extremely profound and insightful response. She said
"I believe God is deeply saddened by this, just as we are, but for years we've
been telling God to get out of our schools, to get out of our government and
to get out of our lives. And being the gentleman He is, I believe He has
calmly backed out.
How can we expect God to give us His blessing and His
protection if we demand He leave us alone?" In light of recent
events...terrorists attack, school shootings, etc. I think it started when
Madeleine Murray O'Hare (she was murdered, her body found recently)
complained she didn't want prayer in our schools, and we said OK. Then someone
said you better not read the Bible in school .... the Bible says thou shalt
not kill, thou shalt not steal, and love your neighbor as yourself. And we
said OK. Then Dr. Benjamin Spock said we shouldn't spank our children when
they misbehave because their little personalities would be warped and we
might damage their self-esteem (Dr. Spock's son committed suicide). We said an
expert should know what he's talking about. And we said OK. Now we're asking
ourselves why our children have no conscience, why they don't know right from
wrong, and why it doesn't bother them to kill strangers, their classmates, and
themselves. Probably, if we think about it long and hard enough, we can
figure it out. I think it has a great deal to do with "WE REAP WHAT WE
SOW."