Valencia County lawmakers respond to tragic murder of 1-month old boy
Los Lunas, NM – Valencia County lawmakers today responded to tragic news of the murder of a 1-month old child. According to the Valencia County News-Bulletin, the mother has been charged with an open count of murder. The Valencia County Sheriff told the newspaper that deputies and CYFD had responded to a call to the home the week prior to the tragedy. It is unclear why the initial call to the home, in which the mother expressed concerns of being “overwhelmed and did not want to hurt her children,” did not result in CYFD removing the children from the home.
“I am heartbroken to learn of the loss of such a young life in our community, in a situation that CYFD seemingly dropped the ball,” said State Representative Kelly Fajardo (R-Los Lunas). “This is yet another example of New Mexico’s broken system. Valencia County Sheriff’s responded and made the right calls to get CYFD involved, yet there still was a critical failure in protecting these children.”
“The tragedy this week should be eye-opening to our community, we need to do more to protect our children in situations like these,” said State Representative Alonzo Baldonado (R-Los Lunas). “The cracks in the response from CYFD are massive and only seem to keep growing. At some point we as a community have to ask when is enough, enough?”
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My heart breaks at this death of this little boy….how can New Mexicans and all Americans live with themselves?? I’m pouring my heart out to you all…what are you doing to help God?…look what we have created….a world that kills babies. A baby…….a baby….God created this little boy……Here in new Mexico we abort babies all the time…..God’s babies……this is a living nightmare……but yet for many, its business as usual……
Sharon and I will continue to stand in the gap for God’s babies and all people ass we go forth carrying out THE GREAT COMMISSION in love. We will continue to build bridges of love and trust in the world. We will speak to the evils of this world in the love of JESUS! We will hold the Church accountable for its failures.
Our children are paying a deep price for the failure of us adults to provide them a better world.
Politics is not the answer JESUS is!
God created New Mexico with all His beauty and we have created a cloud of death over His creation. Shame on all of us.
Sharon and I will continue to go against this dysfunction, even in the Church until the Lord says no more.
We both are very tired.
From Adrian Rogers:
PONDER THIS
No man ever got a better start than King Saul. And no man ever had a sadder finish than King Saul. When we first meet King Saul in the Bible as a young man, he’s handsome. He’s winsome. He’s courteous. He’s humble. He’s thoughtful. But as we continue through the Bible, we find he becomes a bitter, envious, murderous, wicked, old man. He died by his own hand. He died sadly, piteously, and embarrassingly.
But we should learn from Saul because the thing that happened to Saul could happen to any person. He gave himself over to certain influences, and the devil moved in, and in Saul, we see the finished product of the devil’s art. As the Bible reminds us at many points, it’s not how you start but how you finish. Saul had the right start, but he finished poorly because he turned away from God.
- When was a time you started something well but finished poorly?
- Would you say your life is moving toward God over time or away from Him? What needs to change?
PRACTICE THIS
Write out a list of your priorities. Write what really matters to you (not what you think should matter). Objectively review this list and assess whether these priorities will move you closer to or further away from God.