It’s a place of worship ordinarily perceived as a safe sanctuary from the worries and the nefarious activities of the secular world. Think peace, joy, reverence, a serenity of the mind, even the devil is believed to designate the House of God as off limits.
While the devil may shy away from churches, apparently, some bold-faced kidnappers thought otherwise.
Worse still if their evil act forces you to once again remember the loss of loved, like this Twitter user @chibelb who witnessed armed men storm into a church to kidnap a worshipper, something akin to the time her own father was kidnapped and subsequently killed by kidnappers in 2012.
Read her tweets:
“I went to Church this morning, all of a sudden during mass, armed men jumped into the church & opened fire. it was a horrible experience “People were running in all directions.
“People falling on others and all I could think of was how this would be my last day on earth.
“Turns out, they armed men came to kidnap a Man. They beat him mercilessly and dragged him into their car.”
The user then added a prayer for the safety of the kidnapped man
“Dear Lord, please do what you do best and bring this man back to his family.”
She also reflected on the boldness of the hoodlums to attack people in a church
“It’s scary that even the Church is no longer a safe haven. One minute you’re in church praising God, the next min you’ree running for your life.
“That’s the world we live in right??? One step forward and Hundred steps backward.. ?? It’s just sad.. We need to do better
“It’s sad that you’ll go to Church and you have to deal with running for your life or getting kidnapped in the house of God… ??
“9th December 2012, my father was kidnapped and killed.. I still live with the pain.. and today in Church, I had to relive my worst pain…?
We feel her pain and hope she finds the fortitude to stay strong.
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