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William Tyndale's avatar

I feel so angry seeing what happened. It is sometimes easy to forget that evil exist. What we all witnessed is pure evil!

You are right about some millennials and younger being so flippant and stupid about not wanting to be like their boomer parents. I have some friends who are starting down the work path and feel so smug sometimes and we got to talking about Israel before. Not that I am smarter, but my father always told me that Israel showed restraint when dealing with the Palestinians. I have sometimes (as most young people do) rejected my parents opinion. But on this, I took his word. This was reaffirmed when I went to study in Israel for a semester. When I was there, a 19 year old Jewish Israeli girl was stabbed near the Muslim quarter. I couldn’t believe that someone that young could face such violence.

I tried to explain to these friends that Hamas is terrible and that I was on Israel’s side. I think they were too busy rejecting their conservative upbringing. It would be cruel to text them and want some follow up now, but sometimes I feel like it would be justice. I won’t, but that is how frustrating this whole thing is.

When there in Israel, we felt so safe. Most said they felt safer than in some American cities. Seeing those young people get carried off and killed for the night festival really hit home. It could have been us. We were near the Southern border for a field trips.

I don’t agree with everything dispensational but the Jews are still somehow in the plan of God. I pray that the evil is stemmed and justice is administers. Also that the hostages are safely returned but I fear that it looks bleak. Islam is Satanic - what he saw was a demon or Satan himself dressed as an angel of light. It isn’t a coincidence. It is a deeply vile religion and antisemitism runs deep… what was most sickening is seeing how Western countries have people (mostly Muslims) running around supporting this. There chants were truly sinister. That was so hard to watch.

Thanks for writing this! It must have been hard. Hopefully we can channel these anger into more productivity and prayer. God is in control and he reigns. He will deal with the evil sometimes in the here now and if not now then in the future judgement.

Praying for Israel and for the Jewish people. May God bless them and keep them and may his face shine towards them in these dark times. May he avenge the wicked doer and give comfort to those who mourn. May some find his Son Jesus Christ who knows all our sorrow and grief and borne them upon Himself and find him to be the comforter and savior.

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Suzanne Wooden's avatar

Today I let a small slight make me very angry and for some reason it caused me to sob and then anger turned to grief. After all I have seen on media about this my tears flow or at the surface. I am glad for the tears as each one is a prayer that I can’t utter in words.

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