As of today there have been 114 confirmed deaths after a "relentless cascade of bombings and shootings - hitting at least 10 cities and towns" (Toll in, 2010) in Iraq on Monday. Iraq is land that should be in our prayers and on our hearts continually. Being an American, it is hard for me to imagine living in a world in which war is happening right outside our front doors. A world in which at any moment a loved one could be torn from your life at the hands of a suicide bomber or in crossfire being exchanged by militants. Children left without parents, parents without children, wives without husbands and husbands without wives. On Monday, May 10th 2010, 114 families were devastated and suffered unimaginable loss. James 1:27 tells us that "Religion that God our father accepted as pure and faultless is this: to look after orphans and widows in their distress and oneself from being polluted by the world." (NIV) I am here to suggest that one of the many things that we can do to help these widows and orphans is to collectively pray. Pray that they will come to know salvation through Jesus Christ. Pray that they will be comforted in this time of tremendous hardships. Pray that all of their physical needs will be met. Pray that these attacks will begin to cease. Pray for the individuals conducting these attacks. Pray that we all remember that Jesus died for them the same time he died for us.
Reference: www.foxnews.com/world/2010/05/10/iraqi-officials-killed-attacks-baghdad-appearing-target-police-military/
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Allen said he saw/heard this. I can't even imagine what it would be like to be so close to something like that. It is extremely sad.
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