This Is the Way...
A Kingdom That Cannot Be Shaken
by Robin Webber
Right now in Iraq, the United States of America and its coalition partners, along with Iraqis desiring a brighter future, are combating a multipronged insurgency designed to weaken their resolve and cause them to pull up stakes and go home. Place names like Fallujah, Ramadi and Najaf have become synonymous with thoughts of despair, massacre and quagmire.
All of us have seen the shocking pictures of charred bodies hanging from bridges, mug shots of the bewildered faces of civilian hostages and the pictures of lifeless little innocent ones, caught in the crossfire of urban warfare. It's been a tough few weeks for everyone, especially the residents of Iraq and the troops on the ground. Terrorism is designed to make you shake in your boots, because your heart is wobbly and you don't know what or who will be next. In fact, it could be you! The bottom-line equation is simply this: "Kill one and paralyze one thousand."
The numbing effects of terrorism on some coalition member nations, both in Iraq and for some on their domestic soil, have served their intended purpose and caused some coalition partners to say, "We're packing our bags and going home where we belong!" Spain has already withdrawn its troops, and little Honduras is not too far behind. Only time will tell if this is the beginning of "a stampede of the unwilling" or a time for a retooled "exit strategy" that can be declared a victory for both the Iraqis and the coalition partners.
An adversary that nips at our hearts
But, we might be asking, "What does this have to do with me?" Everything! The recent calamities that have befallen the coalition troops in Iraq have some powerful parallels for Christians. Let's never forget that we, too, battle against a nemesis that "hits and runs" and continually nips at more than our heels, but at our hearts. And, yes, sometimes the momentary pain or sorrow can shake us up emotionally and spiritually and make us wish ourselves at home again.
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Other Articles by Robin Webber
Perseverance:
- _Flexing the Muscle Memory
- _"How Long, O Lord?"
- _Staying the Course
- _When It Seems God Doesn't Hear or Answer
- _The Hope of Glory
- _Lessons Learned From Little League
- _Courageous Olympic Moments-and the Race We Run
- _I Hated You, Coach Ioveno
- _The Christian Battle
- _The Lesson of "A Message to Garcia"
- _Perseverance: Staying With It to the End
- _"Son, You Never Quit"
- _Piggyback
- _Against All Odds
- _Let's Keep on Going!
- _Climb Every Mountain
- _Overcoming Adversity Requires Perseverance
- _Armstrong's Right ... It's Not About the Bike
- _Never Give Up!
- _"How Long, O Lord?"
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