Today is the 65th anniversary of the bombing of Pearl Harbor. A reminder of the hostility and unquenchable thirst for power all over the world. And perhaps a good moment to take a step back and pray for our enemies, to consider how to love those that hate us.
There has been some news of late about the Rios family - a grandmother, mother, and step-fater who were recently sentenced for locking two children, 11 and 16, in a bathroom for most of 5 years, not allowing them outside, forcing them to sleep naked, beating them, taunting them with food, and starving them to the point where the girl would eat her brother's toenail clippings and wood shavings from around the bathtub to sate her hunger.
There is great evil in the world, and my inclination is hatred toward those responsible. But might there be a way to show them love instead? They have done great wrong, but we stood as guilty before God and were forgiven and loved instead - how can we do less?
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