Monday, March 1, 2010

Katie Angry.

I just watched a documentary called Terror in Mumbai. It was about a terrorist group from Pakistan who committed several attacks on the people of India. These terrorists, lead under distorted and disturbed Muslims, believe that killing people, and then being killed whilst doing your job is the way to Heaven (at least that's what they brainwashed their gunmen to believe). These gunman, coming from impoverished homes and having nothing to lose, went to training camps for a great deal of money. They were then brainwashed and trained to kill. In 2008, 10 gunmen, armed with AK47's and grenades, injured and murdered several hundred human beings, of all different races and religions. This was the biggest terrorist attack since 9/11. And do you want to know something else? The masterminds behind all of this have not yet been identified. Their last words were, "That was the trailer. The main film is yet to come."

Why doesn't the world know about this? I don't recall any footage or any reports on this matter. This convinces me that there is so much more we don't know. If it's not on our soil, we tend to turn the other way. We tend to turn our backs on OUR OWN kind. But then again, what can we do? How can we educate the poor, lower-class individuals who might fall into such violent jobs? How can we teach them that God does not want killing and suicide?

And how can we teach the incorrect, judgmental "Christians" who carry their "God hates Haiti" signs and shout at people outside abortion clinics? What makes them Christian if they are not even Christ-like? What makes them Christian if they greatly mistake God's character. For in the Sermon on the Mount, Jesus plainly says to love. Love your God. Love your neighbor as yourself. Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you. Love. Jesus also tells us not to judge, for we will be judged in the same way we judge others, and with the exact degree in which we judge them.

If thinking of the world just brings me to my knees in distraught, how does it make God, the Father, feel? I just don't understand what He's waiting for, and won't until my dying day.

And until my dying day, I will commit myself to loving everyone, everywhere, even if it means my death. I cannot sit here and watch (or be unaware of) the atrocities that happen daily. Though I have lost faith in the world, I will not stop loving it. As Samwise Gamgee says, "There's some good in this world, Mr. Frodo. And it's worth fighting for."

2 comments:

  1. Katie. You heart is absolutely beautiful. I think I have felt the same way as you many many times...
    I think it's His heart. We have His heart and it breaks so terribly sometimes that it doesn't seem bearable. But be encouraged! Just the very fact that you acknowledge your heart and its desire to love is such an astronomical step that many people are terrified to take. The world is in desperation. The world NEEDS our love more than anything.
    You are dear to me.
    "Why doesn't the world know about this?"
    tell them. there may be many that shut their ears off, but there will be a few that listen. i promise.
    :]

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  2. :] thank you for this immense encouragement. :] i am grateful for you, and i love you!

    i can't wait for us to show the world what we're made of!

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