My condolences to all the friends, love ones and families of all the victims in the recent bombings. You are in my prayers.
It's a sad and traggic thing that many lost their lives in the recent London bombings. It's scarier still when I think of the message behind the bombing (your interpretation here).
While the world is focused on London and the british police to apprehend the person(s) responsible for such an act, I remembered the time when I was working in Bangladesh, it is the year when election is about to take place.
One morning, my project manager was very late to come into the office. We were all frantically searching for him as we needed him to come with us to do a presentation to a client. He finally walked in at 1130am. He looked like he'd been thru the war zone but he still carried his usualy cheer. While many of us was angry and frustrated that he was so late, we held back and asked him what happened?
He answered:," My bus was bombed and I had to walk."
Apparently someone threw a homemade-bomb into the bus we was taking. He got out in time to see it go in flames. Then the whole place went crazy and traffic was a mess so he had to walk to the office, which took him hours. My project manage was just happy to be able to into office.
He told us that such occurence are 'normal'.
In my time in Dhaka, I saw many buses being burnt, bombed. A crowded park bombed...etc Each time many people lose their lives. In the news, it's always 'the other's guys' fault. (Guess what the-other-guy is talking about you?) You never get desensitised by such thing, you only learn how much more precious is our lives.
Of course there're those who are angered and wants revenge. But most echoes the message of love. Enough blood has been shed already they say... violence beget violence...
So what do my project manager do? He prays for peace in his country, and vote as best as he can for the more peaceful government.
The world seems to be hanging on the knife edge at this time. Lord I pray that you help all of us find love and find peace at our heart. And let the world be an expressionof that love that you've put into us.
