I got an email message
from a “peacenik pastor” who, politically speaking, is very far
left. He invited me to sign a petition to bring home the troops now
– to abandon the people of Iraq, dooming them once again to be
tortured, raped and murdered as they had been before we came. I
sent him this reply. (I’ll bet I’m taken off his email list now):
For everything there is a
season,
And a time for every
matter under heaven:
A time to be born, and a
time to die;
A time to plant, and a
time to pluck up what is planted;
A time to kill, and a
time to heal;
A time to break down, and
a time to build up;
A time to weep, and a
time to laugh;
A time to mourn, and a
time to dance;
A time to throw away
stones, and a time to gather stones together;
A time to embrace, And a
time to refrain from embracing;
A time to seek, and a
time to lose;
A time to keep, and a
time to throw away;
A time to tear, and a
time to sew;
A time to keep silence,
and a time to speak;
A time to love, and a
time to hate,
A
time for war
and a time for peace.
Ecclesiastes 3:1-8
A couple resources for
your consideration (click on hyperlinks) –
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"I Was Wrong!"
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Onward, Christian Pacifists
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Peace is not the answer
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The U.S. always discovers larger, nobler causes in the midst of
battle.
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Europe – Thy Name is Cowardice
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America the good
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This war is for real
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Iraq's a lost cause? Ask the real experts