Monday; November 2
Last Saturday night, there was a lot of scary stuff. On Halloween night there were a lot of really odd and some pretty disturbing characters walking around on our streets. While I realize Halloween was, mostly, a community sanctioned good time, it got me to thinking about some of the real scary stuff that happens in our communities. The violence, injustice and oppression that can pop up in our neighbors is not innocent fun and should not be encouraged. I find it interesting that the restoration of the Jewish nation thousands of years ago was closely affiliated with avoiding the dangerous living that seems to have played an influence in the exile of God’s chosen people. The Lord promised, “For if you truly amend your ways and your deeds, if you truly practice justice between a man and his neighbor, if you do not oppress the alien, the orphan, or the widow, and do not shed innocent blood in this place, nor walk after other gods to your own ruin, then...