Monday, July 12, 2010

The Battle is mine says the Lord...

I woke up today still thinking about the bombings...I guess I'm still in shock.  I have spent the better part of today online reading everything I can about it and watching all the news reports I can.  Somewhere in the middle of it all, I just broke down and cried.  This great swell of melancholy swept over me...one mother of 3 lost her husband last night...countless others lost spouses, children, parents.  The sense of loss was just so immense...so totally life changing.  I just needed to grieve with them...to feel the weight of the sadness with them, so I just let it all engulf me.  Some friends of mine were at the Rugby Club last night...they ran, jumped over bodies and climbed fences to safety...I am so grateful to God that they survived. I don't know...it is hard to even imagine.  It really breaks my heart to think of the city I love so much in so much pain.  It was interesting though in the middle of all that sadness...all that grieving over the immense loss...I felt something tender...something holding me.  Those are the times when I know Jesus is real...when I know he is there beside me...comforting me.  I forget sometimes how present Jesus is in times of extreme pain.  I also got a sense that the war we all are avoiding will not be contained any more...evil wants his day in the sun...it says in scripture that the enemy, the evil one, walks around looking for whom he may devour.  It seems evil is on the move...our one consolation is that God's love, truth and mercy will always be more powerful than evil's most diabolical attack....there will be casualties though and that is what breaks my heart and will always keep me longing for peace.  The war is upon us...we can no longer fool ourselves about that, but we can stand like powerful warriors...our personal relationship with Jesus is our protection and our weapon aganist all the evil surrounding us...in Christ we know that we may not win every battle, but we will win the war.  When the final battle is done...Love, Mercy and Justice will remain standing. Oh how I long for that day!

May this post be a tribute to all who lost their lives or who were injured in the bombings in Kampala, Uganda July 11, 2010