Read a quote from Anne Lamott this afternoon.  "You can safely assume that you've created God in your own image when it turns out that God hates all the same people you do."  Hmm... sounds like something W ought to ponder.  And you don't even need to say it, "they think their God hates America, they attacked us first!"  Because two wrongs don't make a right.

Saw this sticker on the side of a mailbox on my walk home from church this morning.

I need to ponder that quote above, too.  I know my hate is hazardous.  It's taken me a long time to figure this out in my own life, but it has been mostly hazardous to me.  Of course it effects those around you, and we can cause harm and destruction to others if we choose.  But mostly I've learned that my hate and anger is keeping me in bondage, not them.  As I've taken notice of other people's example, people who don't hold on to hate even when it seems justified, for a split second I feel like the offender hasn't received enough punishment, but almost in an instant I realize that my friend is free of hurt and pain because they chose to walk away, to not retaliate, to forgive.  In reality they have given themselves a gift, a freedom.  I'm still not good at practicing this personally, but I'm trying.