In 2004, John and I traveled to Ukraine to bring home three new family members - two brothers and a sister. Since that time, we've maintained a heart connection to that remarkable country, and we have watched in horror and grief as Russia under the direction of Putin has launched an attack on them. Our children's home in Ukraine was the oblast (state) of Chernigiv which is to the north and east of Kyiv (pronounced Keev).
More and more it seems to me that Putin is intent on possessing Ukraine no matter the cost in lives and destruction. This isa glimpse into the heart of a murderer - if I can't have them, no one else can.
As of this writing, the NATO alliance is not willing to block the air space in order to protect Ukraine. Without over-simplifying a deeply complex situation, it appears to me that we have a predator in the neighborhood (the global community) who is preying on a weak neighbor. To complicate matters, that predator is well armed, and, if provoked, will not hesitate to rain down destruction on the whole neighborhood. How then do we proceed? My concern is that if we allow the predator to continue, there will be more and more victims. If we determine to stop him, then we risk our own well-being to say nothing of the innocent family of the predator.
I am praying for wisdom for our leaders.
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