I'm experiencing a lack of faith right now. I'm not convinced totally that the Crime Victim's Fund really works. I have read from the web site about how it's established to help the innocent victims of violent crime, but doubts have entered my head. Evil ideas enter my head about how investigations into my life will reveal an excuse to refuse me aid from the Crime Victim's Fund. Evil ideas enter my head about how I'll be left holding the $13,000 bag.

Evil ideas enter my head about what the law is. Who has the legal right to punish other people in this world? Do the police and judges have it, or do street gangs have it?

Jesus Himself told Pilate, "You would have no power over me if it were not given to you from above." (John 19:11) Who gave that gang power over me?

Gangs punish way out of proportion to the offense, punishing with death a single word of disrespect. Gangs punish without telling the "guilty" party what he has done. Gangs will punish Person A for what Person B has done. There is no fairness to it at all.

Evil ideas in my head say, "It's commonly done all the time, so it's therefore right."

Who, or what, is going to fight these evil ideas?