Psalm 127:3-5 KJV
3 Lo, children are an heritage of the Lord: and the fruit of the womb is his
reward.
4 As arrows are in the hand of a mighty
man; so are children of the youth.
5 Happy is the man that hath his quiver
full of them: they shall not be ashamed,
but they shall speak with the enemies in
the gate.
Have you ever told a lie to your
children? I mean, for their own good, of course. A ‘little fib-a-roonie’. Like the
one about an lovable elderly man, with a white beard, red suit, and a plethora
of toys. How about the existence of monsters in the world? Have you ever lied
about them? I can remember telling my girls that there were no such thing as monsters
when they were scared about the possibility of their existence. “Not at all,” I
assured them, as I safely tucked them in their canopy beds for the night.
The real
truth being, that there really are monsters, and I knew it. I just could not
bear to tell my children that fact in their tender innocence.
Terrorism knows no boundaries of
decency, nor humanity itself. As such, their barbarism extends to children.
Back in April of this year, over two-hundred young girls from Nigeria were
kidnapped.1 There were many reports that these girls are Christians.
Since their capture, we have seen photographs of them wearing Muslim garb,
while being forced to ‘convert’ to Islam. At this posting, these precious young
girls are still missing, and presumably, being held in a living hell. Call this
the real-life version of Taken.
We know from the Book of Proverbs 27:20a, Hell and destruction are never full. So, along
comes the sequel, Taken 2. Just a few
days ago, the blood-thirsty and demonic, Boko Haram, struck again. They may
have ripped as many as sixty more children3 from their families,
stealing perhaps their virginity, and their future life. Prior to the
kidnappings, Boko burned at least one school with children inside.4
The BBC reports the meaning of Boko Haram as
this, “Boko Haram translates from the
local Hausa language to mean "Western education is a sin", according
to most media reports. But a few voices of doubt have been
raised. How could two words convey so much information?
There doesn't seem to be much debate over the word
"haram". It means prohibited or sin, most scholars accept. The word
is Arabic in origin.
But there is confusion over "boko". Some
claimed it was derived from the word book. But African language expert Paul
Newman has said they are what the French call "faux amis", two
similar sounding words with no relation when it comes to meaning.
Boko Haram translates from the local Hausa language to
mean "Western education is a sin", according to most media reports.
But a few voices of doubt have been
raised. How could two words convey so much information?”5
We get the idea. Destroy all things western, because all things western are bad. Meanwhile, the voracious and rapacious wood-chipper-like destruction of Boko Haram continues, seemingly, unabated.6 Regrettably, they are not alone. Terrorists and their terror are on the march.
We, the
West, are in a war. It is a war like no other. The challenge set before us is
that those who are supposed to lead us, and protect us, are lying to us. They
are telling the world that we will have ‘peace in our day’. We are directed to embrace
the Religion of Peace, coexist, and keep truth to ourselves, lest someone,
somewhere, be offended. Perhaps they are lying to us for our own good. After
all, they know that monsters exist. They don’t want us to be afraid. Perhaps.
Or perhaps, there is naiveté. Or perhaps, there is an agenda. Perhaps.
Worse
yet, we may be lying to ourselves. They reality is that as we stumble along in
the fog of war, or non-war as it were, our children are being decimated in the
most cruel of ways imaginable. Unless we face the truth, of the Beast in the Middle
East, the once full quiver, will soon be empty. And we will meet the enemy at
the gates, and that enemy may just be us.
1Terrorists kidnap more than 200 Nigerian girls Oren Dorell, USA
TODAY 5:27 p.m. EDT
April 21, 2014.
2Nigerian schoolgirl abduction: Boko Haram claims responsibility for kidnapping 276 students By Africa correspondent Martin Cuddihy, wires Updated www.abc.net.au/news.
3Nigeria denies clams of book haram abduction
of 60 women children. By firstpost last updated
on June 26, 2014 at 8:57 am.
4.World News 05.12.14 Boko Haram
Steps Up Its War on Kids.
5Who, What, Why: Exactly what does the phrase Boko
Haram mean? 13 May 2014 Last
updated at 06:21 ET.
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