Help my unbelief
Last week 2 young women from a partner congregation to our church in Pakistan were abducted by members of the Taliban. Their abductors tortured and raped the girls, and sent videos of these events to our national pastor, demanding ransom be paid within 5 days or they would be killed. The video included clips of them being commanded to recant their recent conversion to Christianity and to recite Muslim prayers. They refused, and were tortured in unspeakable ways. Today I received word that the young women had been released in exchange for the ransom money, and they were now reunited with their parents. Over the past few days hundreds of people have been praying for their release and for the safety of our national pastor as he helped secure their release. And now that word is spreading, people are thanking God for helping the girls be released and "miraculously" working on their behalf. But I am having a hard time celebrating. I didn't see the videos my