Thank you for your prayers, friends. After four days of chaos throughout the country, things finally calmed down on Saturday (http://jordantimes.com/calm-prevails-throughout-jordan-following-fuel-price-riots). Although protests will certainly continue, the pandemonium almost certainly won’t. It looks like sanity is settling in again -- one death, dozens of injuries, and two hundred arrests later.
In light of the situation’s improvement, you might consider replacing your prayers for Jordan and me with prayers for Gaza and Israel (http://www.aljazeera.com/news/middleeast/2012/11/2012111842933654975.html).
Prayer requests...
- For the families and friends of the three Israelis who have died and several dozen who are wounded. May their grief move them towards God, not hatred and violence.
- For the families and friends of the 72 Palestinians who have died and over four hundred who are wounded (the majority of whom are civilians). May their grief move them towards God, not hatred and violence.
- Against the terrorism of Hamas, which has fired rockets towards Tel Aviv and induced widespread fear in the nation of Israel
- Against the terrorism of Israel, which has fired rockets at obvious civilian locations (including media centers and factories) and induced widespread fear in an impoverished and oppressed people
- For the cessation of attacks now
- For the advancement of reconciliation soon
You might also check out these two short pieces on the conflict by a young and promising Palestinian evangelical theologian: http://muntherisaac.blogspot.co.uk/2012/11/the-employment-of-religion-in-gaza-war.html?spref=fb. And http://muntherisaac.blogspot.com/2012/11/there-are-only-losers-in-war.html
Grace and Peace,
Willy
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