My God, I must ask You, even though the story is too absurd for words. I saw pictures in the newspaper of a Russian priest blessing soldiers going to war and the same week pictures of a Ukrainian priest blessing soldiers. I know something is not right then, but You must help me understand all this.
My son, the whole story is true and both Russian and Ukrainian soldiers can be blessed, but the interpretation by man, who sees this and cannot rhyme, is not correct. How can Russian soldiers, blessed by God, fight with Ukrainian soldiers, blessed by God? And who then has God behind him? Let Me explain it to you. And by the blessing we mean both someone who asks for God's help and Its blessing on soldiers in a war as well as soldiers who pray for themselves. We summarize that briefly under God's blessing.
To get straight to the point. God's blessing is for everyone who asks for it, just as the sun shines on all soldiers and the rain moistens all soldiers. God's righteousness is for both sides, without distinction of person.
Yet of course there is more to say about it, because God's blessing is worth a bit more than the sun or the rain. Let that be said.
God stands behind every human being, and in another blog it has been described that the greatest criminals have the best guardian angels check .... https://watchthegod-english.blogspot.com/2019/02/the-guardian-angel-of-very-bad-person.html
This is why everyone gets God's blessing. But beware of the dog. Watch the God. God's blessing works out differently for everyone. We start from three hypothetical situations, where everything is very clear.
The soldier who fought the German army in World War II, the Vietnamese soldier who fought the poison bombing of the Americans in Vietnam, the soldier who fights against the Russians now in Ukraine gets the blessing.
And this blessing strengthens him in battle, gives him courage when he
needs it, protects him from fear and despondency, and contributes to his
ultimate victory for the good cause regardless of whether he himself dies or is
wounded or not.
"So far so good".
The soldier who causes a war in another country, like the Germans in World War II, the Americans who poisoned for many years with "Agent Orange" the poor defenceless people and nature in Vietnam and now the Russians in Ukraine, who bomb residential apartments and chase old people out of their houses, they also get the blessing. But that blessing works out differently. They too gain strength in despondency, energy to endure suffering and peace in their inner selves when they are desperate. Like rain cools everyone in drought and heat. But that's the personal, direct impact on them inside. And maybe they also seem just more powerful and successful than the other party.
But looks are deceiving. For the blessing of God works directly in increasing the failure in the end, in the failure of the evil pursuit, in destroying the evil causes of this war, in the demoralization of the whole people, the government, the turning of an apparently successful war into total destruction of the evildoers.
Hitler committed suicide, his country was bombed, the women of Germany were raped en masse.
The Americans were forced on their knees, the politicians had to resign, the hawks in the country were humiliated, the war was lost, the reputation of the Americans was damaged forever and their image tarnished.
And so it will be with the Russian people, their leader Putin and the unjust useless war they have started. Already the Russian people are suffering from the war, the young Russian soldiers are dying in droves and Putin can no longer show himself in the civilized world.
And what about soldiers who are in a war where both countries are guilty?
So where the distinction between good and evil is not that simple? Oh
well, do I need to say more about it? If two peoples are at war, and they both
stand for a just cause, is it not very quickly clear to the whole world that
there are only losers and that this war is not going to lead to anything?
Haven't there been other ways developed by mankind to fight a dispute?
Mediators, consultative bodies, United Nations commissions, regional networks, mediating
befriended countries. This should have been the case in Ukraine and Russia.
In countries that are at war, there are only losers.
Nevertheless, both countries are blessed.
My blessings to you all
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