Reflections

As a woman, a mother and a human being I am appalled by how this society is allowing crimes against children to flourish. It’s not only the abounding child pornography accessible through the Internet. It’s not only the legal system and its lenient laws, verdicts and penalties for inhumane criminals that steal, abuse, beat, rape, and murder children. It’s not even the heart-gripping and graphic news that are broadcast on every TV station and the effect these have on copy-cat psychopaths. Whatever is driving these nefarious individuals to abduct children and take away their innocence and their lives must be eliminated from our society. “A nation under one God.” Whether we chose to pledge allegiance to God or not, it matters not. He is overseeing the despiteful acts committed against His pure and undefiled creatures, and He is a God of Justice. So as we prevail on a war against terrorism overseas, we must ponder on the “terror” each parent feels to have his/her children kidnapped. Public safety is an illusion we can no longer conceive as children are been snatched even from their own homes. Thus we must exercise every precaution imaginable to protect our younger ones. We must pray for them and watch over them, as it’s our duty. And we must comfort those who have suffered great losses. They must find solace in the fact that all children are born in a state of submission to God and when they die in this natural, sinless state, they will inherit heaven in the afterlife. All children who die before reaching the age of maturity will be in the company of Abraham (peace be upon him), the father of all Abrahamic religions. Thus, whether you are a Jew, a Christian, or a Muslim, you must know that when your children die, naturally or in a dramatic form, you have not to worry about their suffering but find peace in the great destiny that awaits them.