O - The Irony!!

Sometimes I come across a news story that causes an eyebrow to be raised and a flood of mixed emotions to sweep over my heart. So it was when I encountered this amazing tale out of Russia. it is both a tale of tragedy and a homily of humour. I have highlighted the parts of this news article that proclaim the irony of this drama:

A "Black Widow" suicide bomber planned a terrorist attack in central Moscow on New Year's Eve but was killed when an unexpected text message set off her bomb too early, according to Russian security sources.

The unnamed woman, who is thought to be part of the same group that struck Moscow's Domodedovo airport on Monday, intended to detonate a suicide belt near Red Square on New Year's Eve in an attack that could have killed hundreds.

Security sources believe a message from her mobile phone operator wishing her a happy new year received just hours before the planned attack triggered her suicide belt, killing her at a safe house.

Islamist terrorists in Russia often use mobile phones as detonators. The bomber's handler, who is usually watching their charge, sends the bomber a text message in order to set off his or her explosive belt at the moment when it is thought they can inflict maximum casualties.

The dead woman has not been identified, but her husband is apparently serving time in jail for being a member of a radical Islamist terror group.

Security sources believe the New Year's Eve bomber and the airport bombers may have been members of a suicide squad trained in Pakistan's al-Qaida strongholds which was sent to target the Russian capital's transport system.

Nobody has been arrested in connection with Monday's bombing, which left 35 people dead. Police are trying to identify the severed head of a male suicide bomber recovered from the scene.

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Can you imagine!! All of the plans of this warrior destroyed not only by the technology that was being used to power their murderous plot but by the very company providing the technology. A simply New Year's wish becomes the harbinger of death and destruction.

I both laughed and felt sympathy. The laughter comes from the realization that this woman is now a fresh candidate for a Darwin Award. The sympathy stemmed from the realization that this woman was driven to plot the death of innocents and in turn lost her life in her pursuit of this plan.

Life is filled with situations of irony and as Christians we are not exempt. things will happen in our life that do not make sense. God has an incredible sense of humour and sometimes we feel that we are the victims of His "practical jokes"! The reality is that God is no joker and all that He does has Divine purpose that ultimately is for our good. Many times our plans "blow up" early in the planning phase. We can be filled with frustration or we can understand that God's intervention was a communication for our good.

Trust in the Lord with all your heart. Lean not to your own understanding!!