May those affected by the tragedy at Fort Hood find peace through the love and kindness of their friends, families and neighbors. My thoughts, prayers and tears are with each family today.
Lord, please find the time today to comfort and strengthen each family who has been affected by the Fort Hood tragedy. Please bring peace to the hearts of the friends and family members of those who were killed in such a merciless way. Please send angels down to walk amongst those who are injured and encourage them to get well. Amen.
This tragedy has hit all too close to home. When I heard the news yesterday I felt sick to my stomach. What a senseless and merciless act by such an evil man. Those who twist the words of their religion and claim to wage war on the innocent for the betterment of their religious beliefs obviously do not understand what they are being taught.
To those who believe that Islam is an evil religion, please understand that it is not. The words of the Koran teach beauty, love, peace, forgiveness and understanding. The Koran does not teach muslim's to murder innocents and kill for "Jihad." The phrase Jihad is actually meant as a holy war within a person, the battle between good and evil that we all fight internally, it does not tell them to wage wars against an entire nation of people to kill and claim that Allah has taught them to do so.
My fear is that we will allow hatred to build inside of us towards a religion again. That we will fear the arabic man in the restuarant with us. That we will not ride the bus with the man in his turbin. Remember that there are extremists in every religion. There are Christians who went around blowing up Planned Parenthood's full of people in the name of "God and all that is good." There are people in this world who twist the words of their religion to manipulate and hurt others, and it is a sad, sad day when we blindly judge a person by the color of their skin or their religious beliefs simply because of the tragedy that has fallen upon our nation.
My prayers and thoughts will be with these people today.
1 comment:
That was incredibly sad! It scares me to have to raise my children in such a sick tormented world!
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