Pakistan and the Middle East

So things keep happening in Pakistan, making you wonder what's really going on there.

As I sit around the family dinner table, I see three children who might find Pakistan on a map, but who likely have no idea what's really going on over there. Even that country now has to deal with suicide bombers.

Someday, will one of those three kids be drafted into the military to take care of trouble in that part of the world?

It reminds me of an old story. An old man dies and finds himself at the pearly gates. St. Peter looks at him and says, "Welcome, brother. You have lived a good life. For that, we will answer any question you wish to ask."

The old man's question is simple: "Will there be peace in the Middle East?"

St. Peter pauses for a moment and says, "For the answer to that question, you must ask God himself." So St. Peter escorts the old man to the throne of God, and the old man asks, "God, will there ever be peace in the Middle East?"

God thinks for a few seconds and says, "Yes, my son, the Middle East will know peace, but not in my lifetime."

Before anyone writes to say Pakistan is not in the Middle East, you know what I'm talking about.