the former troubles are forgotten

You might be overseas in the midst of this. Or you might be home reading the coverage. In either case, the thought in your head might be that the chaos and fury currently raging through the Paris suburbs is quite newsworthy.

Not as much as the chaos of your soul, friend.

That fire, that anger, that widespread destruction? All of it in your future, should you not be able to avoid that lake of fire and beyond. The AP reports that "the current unrest is unusual in terms of its duration and the way it has spread." Do you feel that unrest in your heart? That longsuffering unrest, the way it curls its icy grip throughout your being? Shall stay that way for all eternity without the Lord.

That raging in France? Likely to end after a few more days of government intervention as the proponents of anger wear out. That raging in your soul? Not likely to end without the intervention of the Lord God Almighty. You have a decision to make. The end result is far more newsworthy to all the angels in Heaven than any international unrest to CNN, friend.

Stop the violence. Now.