News broke yesterday of 147 Christians killed in Kenya by Al-Shabaab, the radical muslim group out of Somalia. According to an article here ( http://news.sky.com/story/1457254) the gunmen singled out Christians and shot them on the spot. In hearing this terrible news we join our cry to that of the martyrs in Revelation 6, “How long, O Lord holy and true, before you judge and avenge our blood?” It is hard to hear about our brothers and sisters suffering around the world and in particular, in East Africa and in the Middle East. It is absolutely appropriate to pray that God would avenge their blood and judge these murderers and servants of the beast or convert them. However, God’s response to the martyrs and to us, is that...