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A mosque at Friday prayer
A blast during prayers in Kohat. The death count is still moving.
We do not know enough yet.
We do not know enough yet. Do not make this a lesson about a country.
Lament
But we don’t want you to be ignorant, brothers, concerning those who have fallen asleep, so that you don’t grieve like the rest, who have no hope. For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so God will bring with him those who have fallen asleep in Jesus.
1 Thessalonians 4:13–14 · World English Bible
People were at prayer. The first word is not a theory of the region. It is that the dead are not to be treated as a point, and the living are allowed to grieve without being rushed.
Whose name are you willing to learn before you decide what this blast means?
Neighbor
Rejoice with those who rejoice. Weep with those who weep.
Romans 12:15 · World English Bible
Weep with those who weep. The count is still moving. That is enough work for a night.
What would it cost you to treat a stranger’s Friday as a real wound in yours?
A short prayer
For the ones who went to pray, and for the ones who will bury them.