You are right on target about “love.” It has taken me a long time to come to grips with various implications and I’m still discovering more. Here is what I’m discovering most recently.

Materially, terrorists may be the weakest enemy we have ever faced but they are wielding what may be Satan’s most powerful weapon – fear.

Jesus’ instruction to love enemies and pray for persecutors offers us a brilliant symmetrical counter offensive.

I’ve begun realizing that the antidote to fear is love.

Love for country helps soldiers risk their lives. Love for children enables parents to discipline them without being intimidated. Love for us took Jesus to the cross. Love for terrorists will give courage to face, overcome, and transform them.

When we hate, we are victims. When we love, we seize an overcoming initiative.