Reflecting on the Snow Storm

January 7, 2015

Dear Family and Friends:

 

As I write to you,  the Orthodox Christians are celebrating a White Christmas.  There was an alert about the snow storm, so people are prepared with food provisions and alternative lighting and heating in case of power failure.  But our thoughts are  with those people who can never be prepared because they have no homes in the first place.  How much can a refugee in a tent be prepared should the storm blow the tent away?    

 

It is at times like these that one cannot help but be very grateful for the many blessings, but  at the same time one  cannot help but be very angry at the powers who are allowing so much wars and destruction to take place and create  communities of  refugees and homeless people.  Where is justice, where is the United Nations?  Where is the international law?  It seems we are living under the law of the Jungle where Might is Right.  At  such times even our faith is shattered when we are unable to comprehend why so  much suffering is taking place under different pretexts when the reality is the greed for power, and money.  It is understandable when natural disasters hit an area, but it is unacceptable to bring about so much suffering because of human-made disasters.  Even when people want to free themselves from such powers of domination,  they are punished further and are left helpless.  Ironic that  the world  wonders why those people become so desperate.     We pray that the New Year  will see us through a new era of humanity where justice and peace will prevail.   Samia