A BRIT IN LONDON

We used to live in London. During those years we made some good British friends who are still living in East London, a run down area that is predominantly populated by Asian and Black. When we knew of the bomb blasts, we were naturally concerned and made some enquiries. This is a response I received....

The first we knew of it was when our families phoned us! I was then caught up in all the congestion for the rest of the day.

Londoners are used to this, Hitler never beat us, nor the IRA and neither will Al Qaida. The only difference which makes it a problem is that it is an enemy from within and unless the host community reject them there will be no solution. I am thinking with the mind here, in purely human terms. There will be significant elements, in terms of numbers and influence, within their community that will protect these people and we are going down a long and unpleasant road. But our wonderful Lord Jesus Christ can deliver us from this and we need to call on him and ask him to act. We need to wake from our slumbers and fight evil with good, never responding with violence or hatred. Jesus calls us to love our enemy and bless them. This takes supernatural strength from God's Holy Spirit within us.

We need to trust God through this time and call on Him to have mercy and spare us.

Life goes on and thank God that people are not reacting against those who are easy targets. London is a tolerant but tough City to live in and we all have to be strong. We love the place so does God and we believe he has a plan to redeem the City and those he is calling.

Things seemed back to normal except in a few places."

A Great Brit indeed. A white professional who has chosen to stay in a broken down area of London, when he can easily afford to live in the leafy suburbans. My hat off to him and his family. With people like this, there is still hope.