I know that most people’s reaction when seeing events in Syria, which is entering into its eighth’ year of war, is to switch off, literally by turning off the TV, or sound, or just mentally. On the other hand, we may gasp and gloat at the increasing horror of this war, when we thought that it couldn’t possibly get any worse! As Christians, we are asked to pray and continue to pray into this situation and also to give wisely and with discernment.
Last Monday’s (19.2.) Four Corners Programme http://iview.abc.net.au/programs/four-corners/NC1803H003S00… showed the present situation in Raqqa, after the horrendous American bombing raids to successfully expel ISIS, at devastating cost to the civilian population! It featured a young Australian who is trying to help the Kurdish contingent to remove booby traps, left by ISIS in such places as inside toys, under mattresses and under gravel, where people walk. These diabolical traps continue to kill and maim both civilians and soldiers, but these brave souls continue their work at the cost of their own lives. The Syrian government, aided by the Russian lucrative weapons of war machinery, and by sinister Iran, considers them rebels and terrorists and is bombing them in Eastern Ghouta!
The UN seems to have lost its original vision and is sending BILLIONS to the Assad regime, for so-called aid, which is used in dubious ways https://www.theguardian.com/…/un-pays-tens-of-millions-to-a… The world has truly gone mad! Pray therefore like madmen! And give like lunatics! I will! I promise!
