Yet again we are forced to ask how any human being could be so filled with hate that they would attack so many people so indiscriminately. To hear Anders Behring Breivik talk about his murderous spree being 'gruesome but necessary' makes my blood run cold. He seems to believe that racism & hatred of people of other faiths is in line with Christian gospel; he could not be further from the gospel of Jesus if he tried.
I have a feeling Anders Behring Breivik & those like him are no different to the Nazi's that went before them.
We must make sure that civilised people of all tribes & faiths stand against evil people wherever they are & whatever banner they carry; racism is an evil we should never stop working to banish for we are all made in the imagine of God.
It is impossible today to get our heads around how the families of those bereaved must be feeling & as bland as it sounds all we can do is pray. Amongst the lectionary readings today is Romans 8:26f where Paul talks about how the Holy Spirit helps us as we pray. I have copied it below.
'In the same way, the Spirit helps us in our weakness. We do not know what we ought to pray for, but the Spirit himself intercedes for us through wordless groans. And he who searches our hearts knows the mind of the Spirit, because the Spirit intercedes for God’s people in accordance with the will of God.'
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