My head jerked around in shock as I heard the words of Target Chairman and CEO, Brian Cornell.

“Safety is going to be more and more important. We want to make sure we’re coupling being the easiest place to shop in America with being the safest place to shop,” Cornell said on Yahoo Finance’s, The First Trade.  (www.finance.yahoo.com)

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“You must be kidding me!” I exclaimed out loud.

My mind went back a few years. I remember it as if it were yesterday.  It was April 2016; my granddaughter was five years old at the time.

While watching the news I heard a report that Target stores were enforcing new bathroom rules.  Upon hearing these new rules, I thought…this can’t be true.

I was wrong.

April 19^th, 2016 Target Corporate put out a press release stating…

We believe that everyone—every team member, every guest, and every community—deserves to be protected from discrimination and treated equally. Consistent with this belief, Target supports the federal Equality Act, which provides protections to LGBT individuals, and opposes action that enables discrimination.

In our stores, we demonstrate our commitment to an inclusive experience in many ways. Most relevant for the conversations currently underway, we welcome transgender team members and guests to use the restroom or fitting room facility that corresponds with their gender identity.  www.Corporate.target.com

Prior to this, my daughter and I loved to shop at Target.  It was one of our favorite places.  I had always felt we were safe there.  However, with that proclamation, any feeling of safety at Target was destroyed. That day women, and especially boys and girls became targets.

In unbelief, I went to my phone and called Target Corporate offices to inquire about the change.  “Yes, it’s true,” I was informed.

“Let me get this straight,” I shockingly asked.  “A man who says he is a transgender can go into the same restroom as my five-year-old grandchild and there is nothing I can do about it.”

“That is correct,” He proudly informed me.

“Do you realize you are opening the door for pedophiles and even worse?”  I questioned in disbelief.

“That’s our stand.”  He stated again.

Fast forward to the current statement from Target’s CEO.

The Bible says, A double-minded man, unstable in all his ways.  (James 1:8)

This same company, who made it unsafe for all children in their stores, are now declaring they want it to be the safest place to shop in America.  Has the world gone mad?  Do they think we have forgotten?  It has not been a safe place to shop since 2016.

While many other people stopped shopping at Target over the enforced inclusive restroom guidelines, gradually they returned to the store despite the fact that nothing changed in their guidelines. However, we have not. The bathrooms and their guidelines remain unsafe.

My cry in this hour is that God will open our eyes. May we see beyond the façade of what is said to us and see with eyes of the spirit to recognize the truth from a lie.

Is Target really the safest place in America? You tell me.

Bio:

Kim Potter is a writer and the founder of A New Thing Ministries, which sends a daily teaching to thousands of people all around the world. Her articles have appeared on The Elijah List, Charisma, Spirit Fuel and iBelieve.com. Kim’s message is one of hope. She speaks to the heart of those who have grown discouraged and disappointed by the circumstances of life and imparts hope. For additional information, or to receive her daily teachings, go to www.anewthingministries.com