That statement may seem odd to
read coming from a Christian pastor.
Stranger still coming from someone who has always, always, supported the men and
women of our armed forces. But it is
absolutely true. I am sincerely praying
for God’s blessing to be granted to those who are a part of this current
malevolent threat to their countrymen and neighboring states; ISIS.
It’s not that I in any way
feel that they are just, or right, or validated in their vicious quest for
power and domination. I in no way
condone or encourage the continued oppression and murder that they commit in
the name of advancing a caliphate. I
abhor it. I feel knots begin to form in my stomach when I hear about the violence and hatred perpetuated. I ache for their advance to be stopped! I know that it will require brave souls willing to lay down their lives for their brothers and sisters in humanity to help bring this to an end. The atrocities that have been
committed, against both Christians and Muslims, by this regime represent the
basest and most vile incarnation of evil imaginable to me. And still, I pray that God bestows blessing.
