Bring Out the Millstones

I have had enough! I am so sick of reading new reports everyday about these sick people who cannot keep their hands off of children.

Yesterday I read a news report from ABC about a 55 year old man who was sexually molesting children. The sad part of the story is that nobody knew that this man was allegedly abusing 1 girl from 2004-2008 and another girl from January-December until the 9 year old wrote a letter to Santa asking him to put an end to the abuse of her and her 10 year old sister. Oh, by the way, he worked for the school district for 11 years.

Today brings another story...this time out of Nassau. A PTA mom in charge of fundraising was found with a 13 year old boy in the back seat of a car. Joan Tuckruskye and the child were discovered half naked parked behind the school. Once again, someone involved directly with the public school.

I say, "Bring Out the Millstones."

Luke 17:2, "It would be better for him if a millstone were hung around his neck, and he were thrown into the sea, than that he should offend one of these little ones."

You want to know what I think? Obviously you do because you are still reading. I think we hear so much of this garbage going on today because we are too soft as a society on sexual predators. I don't care if we are talking about someone who is molesting children or raping women; we do not do enough as a society to STOP this problem. It's obvious that prison time means nothing to these individuals. Worse than that - the ones who do go to prison often come out and do it AGAIN.

What if we decided that people who sexually abuse children should have a millstone hung around their neck and cast into the sea? Is that too harsh? When I consider that most of these kids spend the rest of their lives trying to overcome this brutality it's not. When I think about the fact that most of these kids end up in abusive relationships later in life...drowning in emotional baggage...living in fear and shame...it's easy to see that our justice system doesn't deal harshly enough.

Oh, but there is some candle holder out there waiting to have a vigil for some brutal human being hoping for a stay of execution. Think about it folks: too often it's people like this who are looking for opportunities to work with children. They target daycare facilities and children's ministries in churches. This pandemic is widespread and doesn't look to fade away until we as a nation say enough is enough. I read a quote today that said we need to "stop raping our greatest resource." But it won't stop until we decide to deal with it. How many kids have to be hurt? How many kids have to be exposed through child pornography? How many children have to go through counseling before we wake up?

I hear so many Christians talk about Sodom & Gomorrah in reference to homosexuality. But I want you to consider that when you read about the issues in the Bible you will find that no one was safe from their perversions. It's not just a gay issue...it's all types of sexual perversions. God brought judgment upon that nation because they failed to deal with the unrighteous acts of its people. Why would God not do so today?

Here in just a few weeks we will celebrate the coming of Christ to our world. Most of our children are only concerned about their gift under the tree. They are healthy, safe, and most of them aren't scared about anything happening to them. I want you to think about that and remember that a 9 year old girl got her wish this Christmas. The abuse has stopped for now. We can only hope that justice will be served and pray that these two girls in Texas will be able to overcome this tragedy. I just wonder how many of these girls and boys are out there today that nobody knows about.

They are still hoping...