The headlines say that we will bomb Syria in the next 48 hours. They are using chemicals against their own citizens. Killing their children. Babies are dying. Doctors are weeping as they hold dead babies that they can't identify. Killed by evils leaders that are using horrendous chemicals to kills innocent children, women and men for no other reason than for power. The world is horrified.
So, the United States has warned Syria - and the rest of the world that we are prepared the strike. Destroyers are in position. We are ready. I say "we" because you and I are the we that will be attacking Syria. You and I will be sending missiles to attack the evil leaders who are killing their own citizens. You and I will be sending missiles that will likely kill more innocent babies and women and men.
Yet I struggle. I do not believe in war. I do not believe in guns and missiles and killing. But I do believe in justice. I believe in stopping the use of chemical warfare on innocent people. I believe in stopping evil. What is happening in Syria is the work of the evil one. It must stop. We must protect the innocent babies and children and men and women who are senselessly and carelessly being killed for evil.
I am deeply troubled and saddened by the state of the world. As a follower of Christ, I must fall to my knees in confession and prayer.
Help us, God! We have fallen far from what you created us to be. Forgive us our sins. Pour wisdom and discernment on the leaders of our nation and remove arrogance and hunger for power and replace it with humility and a thirst for your will. You are a God of miracles and so I beg you to change the heart of the Syrian leader and end his reign of terror. Protect the children who have done no evil and cannot protect themselves. May Your kingdom come on earth, as it is in heaven.
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