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I know most people here are having a good rant about their western governments and politicians but at the moment I want to shed light on the situation in Syria. Like Sudan, the media isn't telling us much except for the usual drizzle because frankly they can't get in and report a live story that exciting enough. Or they tell a story thats a bit repetitive and people start to turn a blind eye and shrug their shoulders about it.
Or you may think, thats way over there, it doesn't concern me it doesn't affect my day to day life so why should I care? Its a Muslim country, the muslims should deal with it themselves.
Our church has been giving us weekly updates on the situation there through reports from the UN.
Last week, the govt military were taking unarmed men and boys over the age of 11, rounding them up and shooting them point blank. The military walks into homes and if you're a woman wondering if your husband, brother or father will ever come home and army personal walks into your home, you will be raped and beaten or killed.
Tonight we were told unequivocally that theyre now rounding up children, and deliberately shooting them in the knees and taking them into prisons and being tortured.
Just like our savior Jesus whose parents had to run away to a foreign country from a psychotic dictator bent on destroying precious children, women and children are running for their lives from Syria to the Turkish border. Pray that they meet no barriers, that they do not intercept the Syrian military, and that they safely get into Turkey and receive the aid and basic human rights they deserve.
Pray for the surrounding Arab countries to be hugely convicted by what is going on. We know that the Arab league (Muslim version of the UN) has kicked out the Syrian govt for what they are doing so obviously they know what theyre doing is wrong, but they need to do more than that.
And dare I say it, instead of moaning to Obama about luxuries you're missing out on this year, why aren't the American's moaning to Obama about the blatant murder going on there?? These people don't care about Medicare or Democrat ideals or Republican ideals, they care about not getting murdered and raped and hearing their children have been tortured. And why aren't the British and the rest of the Commonwealth leaders crying out to their PMs to DO SOMETHING!!!
If you can't be stuffed writing an email to your preferred choice of media or news channel to talk more about Syria then at least PLEASE get on your knees and pray for that country.
Or you may think, thats way over there, it doesn't concern me it doesn't affect my day to day life so why should I care? Its a Muslim country, the muslims should deal with it themselves.
Our church has been giving us weekly updates on the situation there through reports from the UN.
Last week, the govt military were taking unarmed men and boys over the age of 11, rounding them up and shooting them point blank. The military walks into homes and if you're a woman wondering if your husband, brother or father will ever come home and army personal walks into your home, you will be raped and beaten or killed.
Tonight we were told unequivocally that theyre now rounding up children, and deliberately shooting them in the knees and taking them into prisons and being tortured.
Just like our savior Jesus whose parents had to run away to a foreign country from a psychotic dictator bent on destroying precious children, women and children are running for their lives from Syria to the Turkish border. Pray that they meet no barriers, that they do not intercept the Syrian military, and that they safely get into Turkey and receive the aid and basic human rights they deserve.
Pray for the surrounding Arab countries to be hugely convicted by what is going on. We know that the Arab league (Muslim version of the UN) has kicked out the Syrian govt for what they are doing so obviously they know what theyre doing is wrong, but they need to do more than that.
And dare I say it, instead of moaning to Obama about luxuries you're missing out on this year, why aren't the American's moaning to Obama about the blatant murder going on there?? These people don't care about Medicare or Democrat ideals or Republican ideals, they care about not getting murdered and raped and hearing their children have been tortured. And why aren't the British and the rest of the Commonwealth leaders crying out to their PMs to DO SOMETHING!!!
If you can't be stuffed writing an email to your preferred choice of media or news channel to talk more about Syria then at least PLEASE get on your knees and pray for that country.
