Sunrise

The sun sets, for Sunrise

Seeing the crowds, Jesus went up the hill.  There He sat down and was joined by His disciples.  Then he began to speak.  This is what He taught them:

1. How happy are the poor in spirit; theirs is the kingdom of heaven. 
2. Happy the gentle: they shall have the earth for their heritage. 
3. Happy are those who mourn: they shall be comforted.  
4. Happy those who hunger and thirst for what is right: they shall be satisfied.  
5. Happy the merciful: they shall have mercy shown them. 
6. Happy the pure in heart: they shall see God. 
7. Happy the peacemakers: they shall be called children of God.  
8. Happy those who are persecuted in the cause of right, theirs is the kingdom of heaven.  

Happy are you when people abuse and persecute you and speak all kinds of calumny against you on my account.  Rejoice and be glad, for your reward will be great in heaven."

A country and its people are being erased from history and existence, Palestine, the place Jesus as a man was born.  Their unfathomable suffering and cries are being covered and spun by Jesus' nemesis, Satan.   He has brought forth death, destruction, darkness, and his legion of devils.  They have taken the mind and souls of many people, who do not feel for the Palestinians anymore but rather rejoice from the gain they are taking, money and power, nothing they can cling to when they face death themselves.

Ironically, Palestine could only be the only place around the world where the majority of people who are from another religion,  who are being ethnically cleansed, recognize Jesus and instinctively, live the beatitudes as if they are the people, Jesus said are, "Happy".  Social media not only shows what is grim and horrifying, but of light and hope as well, from the very face of the children who still play and laugh with what little remain for them,  the steadfastness, resilience of the adults, that even if the world has turned their back on them, their optimism will not falter, the land will return to them, the rightful owners.  

God do works in mysterious ways, in manner incomprehensible to human minds. In spite of the indescribable misery happening in Palestine, He is there, the Light and Hope that shine.  The rest of the world, unable to do something for them, most strangely, are the ones being helped by the Palestinians.  People are uniting for causes that lean to justice and compassion, as if the rest of the world are waking up.  Unearthing lies and horrific schemes that have been able to lurk in society because nobody actually looked, now they have been divulged one after the other.  Sunrise is coming, it will be bright again, all because of the Light that was born and the Beatitudes that are lived, in Palestine.