Good morning, God
The headlines were about a legislative panel study about how a criminal’s past history of convictions affected his or her sentencing for any new convictions. In fact, in a system that is supposed to both punish and rehabilitate those convicted of a crime, two-thirds of Class-D felons in prison had three or more prior convictions and three-fourths of new Class D felons had failed in at least one type of other punishment like probation, work-release or home detention.
God, you are a God of justice. You have given us THE Law – the Ten Commandments – upon which all of our laws are based. And, you have created us with the privilege to chose how we will live – either obeying the laws – yours and the land’s – or breaking both sets. Your word even tells us that we are tempted by our own desires and lured and enticed by them; then when that desire has conceived, it gives birth to sin – to crime, and when sin – crime – is fully grown, it gives birth to death, perhaps not physical death but certainly spiritual death. Lord, God, inspire and strengthen us to make choices to obey both your laws and society’s.
In Jesus’ name, Amen
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