Saturday, August 4, 2007

A Prayer for the 21 South Korean Hostages

I received an SMS requesting I pray for the 21 South Koreans hostages who are still in captive in Ghazni, Afghanistan.

These are innocent Church volunteers who have opted for a life far from peace and security in a land where hope and salvation are at their lowest. Among them are 18 helpless women who are vulnerable to the aggressive temperament of the hostile and hardlined Taliban militants. The remaining three men are powerless themselves. All of them must be very frightened, their lives similar to pawns on a chess board. A wrong move by peace negotiators may put their lives in jeopardy. They must be cold, hungry and thirsty. With their health deteriorating, they are dangling on a thin thread. They are where they are to serve not to fight.

Let us pray for these 21 innocent civilians.

May their lives be spare.
May God deliver them out of Afghanistan without further harm.
May God bless the hearts of the Taliban insurgents for setting them free.
May the fire for vengeance extinguish in the souls of these Talibans.
May US soldiers stop fighting in another man’s land.

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