A thought-provoking post from “Paul”:
\n“About three years ago, my church started asking for prayers for ‘our troops in the Middle East.’ I thought that was a good idea, but suggested three times that the phrase “and all those suffering from the Middle East wars” be added to that petition. Nothing happened.
\nI then sent a letter in which I explained that I believed God (Jesus for me) cared for ALL people, but especially the suffering, the homeless, and one’s enemies. Again nothing happened. I wrote another letter in which I stated that I would henceforth withhold my weekly donation any time I heard only “for our troops.”
\nFor a while, they stopped praying for even our soldiers. They now, once again, are praying for “our troops” and not ‘the victims.” So, to end this, every time I hear that, I send my donation to DOCTORS WITHOUT BORDERS. They help people on all sides. I just think they might be more ‘Christian’ than my church.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
A thought-provoking post from “Paul”: “About three years ago, my church started asking for prayers for ‘our troops in the Middle East.’ I thought that was a good idea, but suggested three times that the phrase “and all those suffering from the Middle East wars” be added to that petition. Nothing happened. I then sent…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":49,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-603","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"yoast_head":"\n