Pleasing to God?

I turned on the news and saw that the cease-fire ended and Israel  returned to incinerating the Gaza Strip. Now, after six weeks, the bombings have started up again.

My heart sank.

Not taking a side here, not being pro-Israel or pro-Palestinian (just pro-peace), and being very well aware of how this all started, I simply cannot understand how taking the innocent lives of people living in the Gaza Strip is justified. 

I mean, how is this helping free those hostages going forward?

I see the small children, injured by the bombings. I see the food aid trucks throwing food to people whose only hope for survival is in those boxes. I see homes and buildings complete obliterated. A social structure in crisis.

This is not the way to peace. Haven't we learned yet that violence begets violence?

The people trying to live in the Gaza Strip are bearing the brunt of this "war." The cancellation of their very existence can never be justified.

Trying to go after the bad guys who started all of this might have seemed reasonable to some, but we know, don't we, that we should not repay evil for evil? (Romans 12:17)

I know my little commentary isn't going to change the minds of those filled with hate, but we need to be sure that we pray for all touched in some way by violence.

This simply cannot be pleasing to God.

Janet Cassidy
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