CPTnet
16 December 2005
IRAQ REFLECTION: Today
by Maxine Nash
Today as I write the wind is rattling the window. Outside a kitten mews for
its mother, and occasionally a helicopter or a jet flies overhead.
Otherwise, all is quiet. It's unusually quiet because there are no
generators running. We've had a lot of electricity from the national grid
in the last two days, probably because of the elections held yesterday.
In the quiet of the morning I wonder how Tom, Norman, Jim and Harmeet are
doing. I wonder if they are being treated well, if they have enough
blankets as the weather turns colder, if they have enough to eat. I wonder
if they are together, or separated. I wonder if they are suffering in any
way.
I don't wonder if they are alive--I feel their souls are among the living.
There has been no news from those holding our friends, and I pray that this
silence is simply a time of much discussion. I pray each day that God would
change their hearts and minds, and that they would feel compelled to release
them.
I also pray that whatever happens, I and we as CPT will be able to forgive.
I pray that also for Tom, Jim, Norman and Harmeet but realize that I cannot
begin to understand what that would mean for them.
In this day, my hope is that our dear colleagues are feeling the love and
presence of God. I also pray that those who are holding them are feeling
that same love, for that is truly the only way to go forward from this
place.
Thank you all for the love of God we feel flowing from you in messages of
support and care.
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