we've got the power

lately my heart has really been breaking for the muslim population in the Middle East. There is such a sense of hopelessness and desperation in that culture and it just seems like so many people have nowhere to turn, and nothign to look forward to in their lives.



alot of my reason for this passion for these people stems from my incesant reading of the NY Times that i am require to read everyday for my Political Science class. Although it can be really really annoying to read it all the time, its also really nice to be aware of whats happening in our world.

But, anywhoooo . . of course there are so many stories about Iraq, Iran, Saudi Arabia, and the whole Middle East right now. there is so much violence and hatred not only against America, but against each other. the level of sectarian fighting is insane. it rips my heart up. But, in prayer on thursday i was just praying and begin to think about these empty people and their Islamic faith, the levels they go to in their faith. What they do in order to "please God". What they have been told is a sign of reverence to God, to the point of death, murder suicide. educated students, married women with children, young people with nowhere to turn. These are the type of people blowing themselves up. I was watching the news today and there was a mother of two children who blew herself up. Just last week militants used 2 children in a car as a decoy and blew the children up. its absolutely stomach-churning.

Militants have cleared out neighborhoods, everybody is a refugee. This one woman, cannot return to her home because the terrorists threaten everybody in the neighborhood with death, and this quote is just so relevant to the what i imagine the feeling of the people to be. . .

“I don’t know what to do now,” she said, desperation in her voice. “I’m just crying and beating myself because I don’t have any plans.”

just crying and beating herself. she doesnt know what to do. ahhhhh, i wish i could go to Iraq and give Umm Maher a huge hug and let her know it will be alright, there is a way out and there will be a light at the en of the tunnel. honestly, if these people could just grasp a hold onto the TRUTH. onto the light of Christ, can you imagine the change that would take place in the Middle East?! i know i seriously doubt this as a possibility, but i cant put a limit on God's potential. He would do it if we were willing.

They cry out to an
empty
powerless
allah
They sacrifice their lives
for their cause

Yet, here we sit
with the authority
of the powerful
and
LIVING God
unmoved
and uncomfortable to stand up.

how much louder should we shout out? To this LOST and literally DYING world that is desperate, reaching out for anything they can grasp hold of. We know the answer, we have the ultimate support. whats holding us back?

who wants to take a little trip over to the good ole' Middle East?!