In less than a week, the Paris government has made several air attacks on ISIS and eliminated the mastermind of the tragedy which occurred last Friday. In the meantime, our president calls for calm and not reacting on emotion. Would he say the same if it were a terrorist attack on our own country?

I have mixed feelings about the Syrian refugees. My heart goes out to those who truly were trying to escape the grip of fear and oppression, but I also wonder how many of them are coming to our country with evil intentions. I’m concerned that many are already here and could easily launch an attack.

My city is in a state of turmoil about the death of a young man shot by police – rightly so, if indeed it was a shooting based on bias. Details are still under investigation, but the media is all over it, inciting a community which already believes it has been discriminated against.

Climate change, politics, the judicial system, finding a job, care for our veterans and the homeless among us are all things that cause us to want to just crawl back in bed and never get up. We would rather bury our heads in the sand than to face all the ugliness in this world of ours – ugliness which has been perpetrated by the father of lies. He desires that we doubt the power of God. He’s been doing that since the creation of humanity.

The victory has already been won by Jesus, Christ. When He died on the cross, He took the burden of sin from all shoulders. He has overcome the world. Sin still exists and will until we reach heaven, but we can be assured that we will get there someday because of what He did.