You Will Not Escape
By Michael R. Bowen (03/23/04)
"MADRID, Spain (AP)-Ten bombs tore through trains and stations along a commuter line at the height of Madrid's morning rush hour Thursday, killing 173 people and wounding at least 600...."
I don't know who you are. I don't know your name, or your face, and I don't care, because I know what you are.
I don't care what is the name or nature of your cause. Whatever it is, you have just demonstrated that it is evil. For this reason it will ultimately fail, and you and your cause will be forgotten.
Now the blood of your victims cries out for justice. But I realize they probably won't find you. You probably think you have gotten away with it, but you are wrong.
Because even as the dead are buried and the wounded treated, as the families of your victims grieve and your government frantically searches for you, Someone is watching.
And though we don't know who you are, He knows. And one day -- quite soon, I hope -- you will stand before Him. He will ask you why you slaughtered His children, but no answer you can give will be good enough. For you will be standing before the Judge Who Cannot Be Deceived or Intimidated, and He already knows why you did it. He knows your reason wasn't good enough, and wasn't really even your reason: for though you say you did it for the Basques, or the Palestinians, or Animal Rights, you really did it because your heart has been consumed by evil.
And because your spirit is consumed with evil, He will send it to its natural home. There you will suffer punishment far worse, and much longer lasting, than any of us here on earth could ever mete out to you. One day the wounds you caused will heal, and the suffering of your victims will end. But yours will not, not ever.
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