Water from the Well

Water from the Well

Wednesday, May 4, 2011

Osama Bin Laden

Is anyone else saddened by the jubilation that erupted in our country about the death of Osama Bin Laden?
Any loss of lives is something to grieve.  The terrorist actions on 9/11 killed many innocent people, and that is a source of grief for all of us.  But I have also grieved over a U. S. response that resulted in even more loss of lives--among our young people who have died as soldiers, among children, women and men living in Iraq and Afghanistan.  
I cannot rejoice in anyone's death, not even the death of a killer.  I recall the words of Martin Luther King, Jr.,  


"Returning hate for hate multiplies hate, adding deeper darkness to a night already devoid of stars. Darkness cannot drive out darkness: only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate: only love can do that."