Letter To Mr. George W. Bush
From The Old City of Damascus
By Hind Kabawat
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November 2, 2005
Mr. George W Bush Dear Sir, I am writing you today from Damascus, the oldest continuing inhabited city in the World, where Christianity goes back 2000 years. Shaul of Tarsus came to our neighborhood to become Paul. My house near the street called Straight, is at a few city blocks from the site of his conversion and the site of his escape from the city as described in Acts. |
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Thus, it is
obvious that many in our neighborhood had accepted Jesus as our Lord and
Savior even before Saint Paul.
Yes, Mr. Bush, I am a
Christian woman, who participated in Sunday school in the Evangelist
Church in Bab Touma when I was a child. Now, I go to my bible studies
every Tuesday. I became a born again Christian when I was 19, and
renewed my promise to Jesus 4 years ago. I learned in my church that
love is the greatest commandment. I also learned not to worry as the
Lord will take care of me.
Mr. Bush, Jesus is my role model in life, he loves the poor, he loves his enemies, and he did not discriminate between people when he was performing his miracles.
Jesus taught me to take care of the little people, those less fortunate than me and my family, the orphans, and the underprivileged. He taught me to love and not hate. He also taught me not to be a stumbling block.
For the sake of the people of Syria, most of them who live under the poverty level (65%), and who have little future, and a few skills. For those people who lost hope but not faith, I am asking you not to be a stumbling block.
If you want to punish and sanction, please think of the Syrian People who are poor, innocent and loving. We survived many crises and wars , but we never lost hope, we faced hunger, regime changes, but every morning when the sun rises, we praise the lord and thank him for a good day; we learned that the Lord will take care of us as he provides for the birds in the sky. We do believe in Justice. However, justice must not be collective punishment; justice is not declaring a war on all of us, and is certainly not making the innocent suffer.
We believe in our Country, love it and cry for it as Jesus loved Jerusalem and wept for it. We want to live in peace, we want to pray every morning to our father in heaven, and we want to bless our meal knowing that the next meal will be available and safe.
Please remember what happened to the Iraqi people during the sanctions. Remember how many innocent women, men, and children died while the intended targets prospered and amassed fortunes.
Please Mr. President, let’s praise the Lord and pray that the Syrian People are spared the affliction of economic sanctions.
Hind Aboud Kabawat
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The Evangelist Church in Damascus
