Tuesday, November 09, 2004

Pray for our troops!

Well, this is just a reminder to keep praying for our troops in Fallujah and all over Iraq and Afghanistan. I think it really is a spiritual battle over there, and I am reminded of the final scenes in This Present Darkness, where the angels were battling the demons, and the prayers of the saints played a big part in defeating the demons. Along those same lines, Nathan asked this morning how long there was going to be fighting over in Iraq. I of course said I had no idea because the people we're fighting against don't care anything about their own lives or for the lives of their countrymen--they just want people to be scared of them and do whatever they want. That's why they do such awful things. So then we had this conversation:
Nathan: What were the names of the guys who used to torture and kill all their prisoners? The ones who got beaten by the Babylonians?
Me: The Assyrians?
Nathan: Yeah, the Assyrians. They were in the same area as Iraq. The bad people there now are just like them.
Me: Well, anytime anyone tells you that mankind is basically good, or that we're all evolving to become better, just remind them that people haven't changed at all in 3000 years, on their own. Only through Jesus can we really change, and these people don't know Jesus.

Another example of the importance of teaching history to better understand the events of today! It's always great when they can make the connections. Keep praying!

Claire

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