I simply can't get out of my mind and prayers the horrendous butchery suffered by worshipping Christians in a Baghdad Church two weeks ago. More than fifty died at the hands of Al Quaeda sponsored terrorists. Over at the First Things Blog, I came across this story/quote concerning those who are picking up the pieces in the aftermath of this attack:
One of the [Iraqi] parishioners put it so simply, and so beautifully. He said that he returned because the week before he hadn’t finished his prayers. I need to finish them, he said. A woman with a bandage around her knee told a reporter, “We forgive them. We’re not afraid. They gave us blood and we give them forgiveness.”
Let those last three sentences sink in. Deep.
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CNN in this region had extended coverage of the citywide attacks. Don't know how much of it hit the US airwaves.
One Christian home was hit twice, with one fatality. After the first hit (shell, whatever--I'm not a soldier), a neighbor ran in to help. Then a second round hit the house, killing the helpful neighbor. The neighbor was a Muslim.
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