Being a veteran of the Marine Corps and a patriot of these United States, I am naturally inclined to defend the efforts of my country to protect our country from the threat of foreign attack and terrorist efforts while also seeking to preserve and advance freedom and democracy around the world. I believe that self-government though not perfect is the best option going.
Initially our country's endeavors in Afganistan after 9/11 were good in their efforts to fight the Taliban and the Al-Quaida terrorist cells they were protecting. Almost ten years later however, things ahve changed.
Presently, the country of Afganistan is bruttaly torturing a Christian man named Said Musa. His story can be found at this link. Please read it!!!
Being a politically engaged citizen of this country I regularly have to check my political instincts and submit them to my greater allegiance, the Lord Jesus Christ, and to His Kingdom to which I belong presently as well as for all eternity to come. How can I as a Christian support sending money, resources, and American lives to support an Afgan government that is actively treating my brothers and sisters in Christ in this manner?
follow up commentary to original article.
1) Are we Christians truly sympathetic and do we desire to know what our brothers and sisters in the Muslim world are suffering for the sake of the gospel of Jesus Christ?
2) Have we stopped to consider what steps we "self-governing" citizens of America can take to advocate for them and against the "true injustice" measured out in parts of this world against Jesus Christ and our brothers and sisters in Christ who follow Him in these dark places?
Just some thougths to consider as we endeavor on this "narrow path" to which Jesus Christ has called ALL who would follow Him.
