Weekly Devotion: Is This Good or Evil?
At first, it makes me go, “woah.”
Then, it makes me go, “woe”.
The news, that is. Violence. Injustice. Bad people doing bad things. It seems to never end, this battle between good and evil.
Here’s the craziness we’re in: Which side is good and which is evil? It depends on who you ask.
Take ICE, for instance. The U.S. Department of Homeland Security has agents from Immigration and Customs Enforcement engaging in raids all over the country.
Where some see heroic defenders of national borders, others see an agency whose methods have crossed ethical lines—arresting people here legally, detaining those seeking status, operating without transparency or accountability.
At first the difference in perspectives shocked me. Then it crushed me.
So I went to scripture.