Today's Daily Lesson comes from Mark chapter 13 verses 14 through 16:
14 ‘But when you see the desolating sacrilege set up where it ought not to be (let the reader understand), then those in Judea must flee to the mountains; 15someone on the housetop must not go down or enter the house to take anything away; 16someone in the field must not turn back to get a coat.
What has happened in Afghanistan over the last few days is deeply sad, though probably predictable.
There are no answers. There are few consolations.
For my friends who fought there whom I have had the privilege of knowing and/or pastoring in some way, there is rightful frustration and also anger.
The lament should not be theirs alone. It should also be ours all as American citizens.
There was a book published at the outset of the War on Terrorism titled "War is A Force That Gives Us Meaning". The danger when we lose, or fail to win a war is that all can seem meaningless. It certainly does so now.
So, no easy answers this morning. No silver linings. Only the consolation that the Holy City has itself been here before; and the best Jesus himself could counsel was to tell those who could that it was okay to escape.
Rev. Ryon Price is Senior Pastor of Broadway Baptist Church in Fort Worth, Texas.
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