Just ten days ago, 18-year old Yasmin Karissa was laid to rest. She was killed with six other soldiers when a Palestinian bus driver plowed into a bus stop - the deadliest attack in three years. For many mourners at Corporal Karissa's funeral, hope for peace had died with her. Yasmin believed in peace and was always optimistic that in the end there would be peace despite everything. The biblical process never ends.
Values emerge out of the ordeals that men and societies go through.
Compassion, kindliness, ethical and social responsibility become reality as we live our faith. O God, may we never grow weary of the eternal quest for the Divine in nature and in the human spirit. May we never let the pain of our experience diminish our capacity for caring. May we never permit disappointment to destroy our hopes and dreams for tomorrow.