A Religious Reflection

Fox News Reports:
“The clash began Tuesday on Mount Gabar, in Sirnak province, the military said in a statement posted on its Web site. Six rebels were killed on Tuesday and the military said eight others were killed later. One Turkish officer was killed Tuesday.”

On the border of Iraq conflict has broken out as guerrilla forces had killed 13 soldiers. Shelling was used to retaliate, and in response to this, more violence broke out.
For the first time in a very long time I looked at the war from a different perspective. Not from my perspective, not from a soldier’s perspective, and not from a republican or democrats perspective- I looked at things from a religious perspective.

This story perfectly encapsulated the cyclical nature of violence. One violent act leads to another. And it got me to start thinking, this is how all things work, isn’t it? All things lead to another. Is there no end to anything? Which then led me to think about goodness. Goodness must be cyclical as well, because if bad things are reiterated through history over and over again, good things are probably repeated too. In light of this revelation, I have decided to attempt a chance at breaking the cycle of badness, and continuing the cycle of goodness. I want to try and do at least one good thing for someone else each day, and pray that they will return the favor onto someone else. Also, I hope that if someone wrongs me, I can, as God did with Cain, label them as someone who should not suffer, but be granted forgiveness.

Maybe if we looked at things this way, some conflicts would cease, but with current conditions this method of thinking is hard-pressed to be successful.

War may be a necessary evil, and I’m not saying that peace is the answer, but I think some self reflection and the thought of God’s eyes watching us at all times may help us to resolve some conflicts more quickly.