Cause for Thanks: Senator Wins Release Of U.S. Prisoner In Myanmar : NPR

Sen. Jim Webb, a Democrat from Virginia, met with Myanmar Prime Minister Gen. Thein Sein (center) and Senior Gen. Than Shwe (right) during a rare visit by a U.S. lawmaker to the nation also known as Burma.

via www.npr.org

Here is a cause for gratitude.

Webb was also afforded the opportunity to speak on behalf of Suu Kyi.

We need to keep this nation in our prayerful awareness while rejoicing in the release of these Americans.

Wherever there is oppression in the world or at home, Christians have an intimate connection. We must always identify with those who are treated unjustly or who are suffering.

In the world today, people suffer for their faith, for their political convictions, for their ethnicity, and for any number of reasons that emerge from intolerance, cruelty, and lust for power.

America is at her best when she speaks for the underdog. Christians have no choice. That is one of our mandates.