Hello Mr. Prez and America! Can you hear the noise?

It would be fairly easy for me to trash the president of our current government in Washington, DC, but there's enough folks doing that. Instead I'd rather say, "Hello, Mr. President. Can you hear the noise of the gunbattles in Mexico?" I'd like to follow that up with a similar question, "Hello, fellow Americans. Can you hear the noise of the gunbattles in Mexico?"

I really want to blame the Prez and the government right now, but that does nothing, except use up words. I'd rather ask Americans first, just the normal folk, and then the government second to listen for what is going on south of your border in Mexico. Do you hear the helicopters passing over homes so closely it shakes the windows at times? Do you hear the 'blam! blam! blam! blam!' of automatic weapons at almost anytime of day, not just night? Do you hear the ear piercing sound of a grenade tossed into City Hall at 9am in the morning?

I really would rather go somewhere else right now, besides here. I kind of like quiet and peace, but for now there's work to do.

What could the average American do about the noise of the guns that roar in Mexico? What would it matter if Americans did act in some way? Well, it would depend on what you do.

You could protest and picket. You could write letters to the President and your congressman for them to do something. You could do any number of things, but what would they matter?

Hum, what if Americans who are Christians began praying for their next door neighbors in Mexico and that God's Hand would stop the violence and murder? What if Americans became close friends with Mexican immigrants who are in the USA now and served them in the name of Christ? Would that matter in the least?

What if Americans cut back on their illegal drug usage, you know, just the ones that come out of Mexico? Or what if automatic weapons in the USA were only sold to people who were nice, clean cut citizens, and not drug runners? Wait, I'm talking out of my mind now. I'll stop here.

If you've heard the noise, what's next? I've heard the noise, more than once and perhaps the most chilling was one day about 10:30am this past November. It changed everything for me. It nearly did me in, but somehow by the power of a mighty God, I didn't quit, lose my mind and throw in the towel. I tried, but somehow I couldn't quit. Some unseen power direct from the throne of grace would not allow me to quit.

What if we ask the Lord God to send that unseen power from His throne to conquer this noise issue in Mexico? What if in praying, He asks us to do something about it as well? Hum...