Many of us

have been watching the tragic human saga of a Cuban

father and his son unfold on the evening news.

It appears

that here you have two families both wanting what is

seemingly best for the young child who is obviously being

torn between families and even countries. Maybe I am

becoming skeptical in my old age, but some very glaring

questions arise in my mind that I haven't seen answered

in the media, or that haven't even been asked.

When

someone says to me how much they LOVE me, I immediately

think, "OK, SHOW me!" I am reminded of the

three times Jesus in the scriptures asked Peter "do

you love me?" And three times Peter answered

"Yes Lord, you know I love you." Three times

our Lord said to Peter "Feed my sheep." Another

time Jesus said "if you love me keep my

commandments."

In other

words, to put it bluntly, put your actions where your

mouth is. I am reminded of the classic "Fiddler on

the Roof" stage play and movie when the husband asks

the wife, "Do you love me?" She responds in

song with "I wash your clothes, I cook your meals...

if that's not love, what is?"

In this

Cuban situation I feel we don't ever have all the facts

in the media and never will. I feel there are still some

very basic questions that are unanswered. The main

question that really glares in my mind about this Cuban

family is where was this loving father when his wife and

small child desired freedom so much as to risk their very

lives on a leaky boat to Miami?

Obviously

the loving mother wanted her son to grow up in America if

they could just make it across the ocean to Miami. Then

what really stinks in my mind is now the biological

father shows up with the full support of one of the

world's most infamous equal opportunity

oppressor-dictators, Fidel Castro. Then you have

Americans who don't have a clue about how Casto's regime

has done more to separate Cuban families than any in

modern history.

Now on TV,

we are to believe that Castro and this Cuban father are

partners in restoring this family? When Castro dies and

the books are open for the world to see, it will be clear

that whomever Castro supports in any situation you can be

sure that it will have the following ideas permeating

whatever he does: 1) Whatever happens will be in the

total best interest of Castro and his failed regime; 2)

His proven human rights abuse record is always in the

best interest of his failed communist regime; 3) He will

stop at nothing to prop up his failed regime; 4) Whatever

he does it is always to embarrass the American

government.

I was

taught by a loving Christian mother and father that: 1)

You never shake hands with the devil and get a good deal;

2) You never do right by doing wrong; 3) You never do

wrong by doing right.

Love me

less and treat me better. AMEN!

The Rev.

Dr. Knox Herndon is the pastor of His House Community

Church (SBC) and a substitute school teacher in the

Fayette County school system, and a former Army chaplain.

The church is currently meeting in the American Legion

Log Cabin across from the fountain on the Square in

Fayetteville. Prayer line 770-719-2365; e-mail [email protected] .