Comment:
I am glad that the men were released. But something does trouble me. It has to do with the fact that most captives will denounce thier countries and virtually everything else for their freedom.
Jesus said (in Luke 9):
For whoever desires to save his life will lose it, but whoever will lose his life for my sake, the same will save it.
For what does it profit a man if he gains the whole world, and loses or forfeits his own self?
I pray that the scourge of this war and violence may pass me by, and I am not at all sure what I would do in the circumstances that these men found themselves in. But it does trouble me that with the exception of one brave Italian man, Western hostages will say or do anything for their physical safety. Perhaps Mr. Centanni was not religious prior to his "conversion" to Islam. I hope that he was not a Christian. It would be easier for me to understand his "conversion."
No comments:
Post a Comment