What happened there...raping women to death, torturing them beyond description, parading those still breathing through the streets to the cheers of crowds...is for us to learn of but not for us to dwell on.
First thought is nearly always from the material mind, and payback in kind is as like as not to be its goal. Our long-time search for spiritual growth is put to the test. We bless that first thought...hug it and kiss it and let it go...and welcome the realization that this is not to be hated but to be forgiven.
Forgiveness is of God, not something we alone can do, but each of us is responsible for our forgiving thoughts. It is the likes of this that keeps us seeking higher for deeper spiritual growth.
We recall an early BFO, upgrade your thoughts, downgrade your problem. We must constantly be aware of our thoughts, to upgrade them as we think them, not to control them, but to give over control through thank you to God...to do with them, build of them, upgrade them as God wills, God's way.
Each of us individually is responsible for our thoughts...for turning them to God. Sincerely. Plain and simple. No frills. No ideas original to anyone but our own self.
We go to God for God and that is all...He knows what to do.
Thank you.
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