Tuesday, June 24, 2014

Meriam Ibrahim is free

I've been praying and praying and praying for Meriam Ibrahim, the Sudanese woman sentenced to flogging and death for refusing to renounce her Christian faith. She's been in prison for months, and last month gave birth to a baby girl.

Yesterday she was freed!  Praise God. Praise God.

I don't read the news all the time and am not "up" on many events, nor do I let myself get emotional about all the tragic things that happen in this world.  I know that I can't solve these things, and I ask the Lord to guide me to pray for those HE puts on my heart to pray for.  Certainly, I felt called to pray for Meriam, that God would give her strength and courage in the midst of an incredibly difficult situation.

I'm sure part of my feeling of connection is that she was expecting a child just a couple of weeks before our Rose was due.  I found the end of my pregnancy fairly difficult, and I was surrounded by loving family and friends.  Meriam was chained in a jail, caring for her toddler son while very pregnant with her daughter.  I just can't imagine, and I kept praying the Lord would give her courage and strength beyond her own abilities.

Now I'm praying that Meriam and her American husband and 2 kids can get out of the Sudan as soon as possible. She is still in danger from radical Islamists; it was, indeed, her own extended family that charged her with apostasy and adultery, resulting in her imprisonment and death sentence. I pray our government will open the door wide to get her to America, where she can be free from fear of revenge.

1 comment:

Sarah said...

I've been remiss in visiting your blog. Thank you for visiting and commenting on mine. I'm not celebrating just yet about her release - even though she is 'safe' in the embassy I won't be rejoicing until she, her children and her hubby are safe on American soil but then she'll still be worrying over her family finding her state side and 'honor' killing her :( sad, that extremist can ruin things so badly (that goes for Christians, Muslims, etc - unfortunately there are extremists in every group :( )