If we respond to evil with our own acts of hatred, we are letting evil win. God has already won the ultimate war against evil, and we are to be living symbols of that victory. Some people are very happy when the United States suffers. One reason is because the United States is the world's most powerful country, and we don't always use our power in the right way. Sometimes our power can hurt other people and other countries.
Nothing makes what was done right.
But our country must ask why people in other countries hate us, and we must listen when people tell us how our power has hurt them. The world needs God's people more than ever. The world needs us to pray, just like we have been praying. But the world also needs us to work for love and justice. The evil in the world is complicated and messy.