Lao and Vietnamese troops killed four Christian women in front of their families during a crackdown on "dissidents" in Laos. The Lao People's Army, supported by soldiers and secret police from Vietnam, seized a group of Hmong and confiscated their Bibles. Soldiers then shot and killed four of the women, after repeatedly raping two of them. Their husbands and children were reportedly beaten, tied up and forced to witness the killings in mid-April. It is not not known where the survivors are now.
Many people have made various images of Jesus throughout cultures and history. Last week, Sam showed us "The Tortured Christ" made by a man named Guido Rocha who himself underwent severe torture. While I post up different news about Christians who undergo torture, abuse, or death to spread awareness, we should also remember that we have a priest who sympathizes with his people in every way. While Paul says that we may be "afflicted in every way, but not crushed; perplexed, but not driven to despair; persecuted, but not forsaken; struck down, but not destroyed," we can share in the same words only because the tortured Christ WAS crushed, WAS driven to despair, WAS forsaken, and WAS destroyed...so that we wouldn't be.
Thought of the Day: Umbrella
Song of the Day: Cracker OST
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