On September 13, Anne Graham Lotz, the daughter of the Reverend Billy Graham, appeared on on CBS’s Early Show. She was interviewed by Jane Clayson, and an interesting question was asked of her regarding terrorist plots and what-not…
Jane Clayson: I’ve heard people say, those who are religious, those who are not, if God is good, how could God let this happen? To that, you say?
Anne Graham Lotz: I say God is also angry when he sees something like this. I would say also for several years now Americans in a sense have shaken their fist at God and said, God, we want you out of our schools, our government, our business, we want you out of our marketplace. And God, who is a gentleman, has just quietly backed out of our national and political life, our public life. Removing his hand of blessing and protection. We need to turn to God first of all and say, God, we’re sorry we have treated you this way and we invite you now to come into our national life. We put our trust in you. We have our trust in God on our coins, we need to practice it.
It is interesting and rather logical to say that we cannot simultaneously reject God in our daily lives yet still expect His protection when disaster strikes. I remembered all of this during this last week, when our car slid off the highway into a couple of snow banks, then our furnace broke down, which led to our water freezing in our pipes and all the whole enchilada of an emotional roller coaster that came with all of this *excitement*.
At the end of all of this, me and Raquel reflected on how lucky we were, despite all things. No broken bones, no flooded house… nothing but a couple of worried nights and bruised muscles. Thank you God for taking such good care of us.
Jane Clayson: I’ve heard people say, those who are religious, those who are not, if God is good, how could God let this happen? To that, you say?
Anne Graham Lotz: I say God is also angry when he sees something like this. I would say also for several years now Americans in a sense have shaken their fist at God and said, God, we want you out of our schools, our government, our business, we want you out of our marketplace. And God, who is a gentleman, has just quietly backed out of our national and political life, our public life. Removing his hand of blessing and protection. We need to turn to God first of all and say, God, we’re sorry we have treated you this way and we invite you now to come into our national life. We put our trust in you. We have our trust in God on our coins, we need to practice it.
It is interesting and rather logical to say that we cannot simultaneously reject God in our daily lives yet still expect His protection when disaster strikes. I remembered all of this during this last week, when our car slid off the highway into a couple of snow banks, then our furnace broke down, which led to our water freezing in our pipes and all the whole enchilada of an emotional roller coaster that came with all of this *excitement*.
At the end of all of this, me and Raquel reflected on how lucky we were, despite all things. No broken bones, no flooded house… nothing but a couple of worried nights and bruised muscles. Thank you God for taking such good care of us.
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