{"id":780,"date":"2011-09-12T02:23:09","date_gmt":"2011-09-12T01:23:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/?p=780"},"modified":"2011-10-01T01:39:04","modified_gmt":"2011-10-01T00:39:04","slug":"may-the-lord-bless-the-families-and-friends-today","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/2011\/09\/12\/may-the-lord-bless-the-families-and-friends-today\/","title":{"rendered":"May the Lord bless the families and friends today!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As we prayed especially\u00a0for families and friends of 9\/11 victims today, I felt again the sorrow, albeit long distance as we had no direct relations or\u00a0close\u00a0friends impacted.\u00a0 May God continue to heal hearts and bring peace.\u00a0 May God help us to understand that the horror was brought about by a small minority of a huge people group.\u00a0 When 9\/11 happened 10 years ago, our Musxlim friends around Gamboula were very concerned and wanted to make sure our friends and family were ok.\u00a0 May God somehow bring about beauty out of the ashes, turn mourning into gladness and give comfort and joy instead of sorrow. 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