{"id":5565,"date":"2015-07-17T12:58:52","date_gmt":"2015-07-17T09:58:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sukofamily.org\/?p=5565"},"modified":"2015-07-17T18:01:29","modified_gmt":"2015-07-17T15:01:29","slug":"mh-17-one-year-later-has-anything-changed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sukofamily.org\/mh-17-one-year-later-has-anything-changed\/","title":{"rendered":"MH-17 One Year Later -Has Anything Changed?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Exactly 1 year ago today terrorists aimed a\u00a0guided surface to air missile at Malaysian Air flight 17 as it crossed the skies of Ukraine. The <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Buk_missile_system\" target=\"_blank\">Buk\u00a0<\/a>missile tore through the fuselage of the\u00a0 Boeing 777\u00a0causing it to break-up mid-air and plummet to earth.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_5567\" style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sukofamily.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/malaysia-airlines-mh17-ukraine.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5567\" data-attachment-id=\"5567\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/sukofamily.org\/mh-17-one-year-later-has-anything-changed\/malaysia-airlines-mh17-ukraine\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/sukofamily.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/malaysia-airlines-mh17-ukraine.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"640,427\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1437115082&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"malaysia-airlines-mh17-ukraine\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/sukofamily.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/malaysia-airlines-mh17-ukraine.jpg\" class=\"wp-image-5567 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/sukofamily.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/malaysia-airlines-mh17-ukraine.jpg\" alt=\"malaysia-airlines-mh17-ukraine\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sukofamily.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/malaysia-airlines-mh17-ukraine.jpg 640w, https:\/\/sukofamily.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/malaysia-airlines-mh17-ukraine-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sukofamily.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/malaysia-airlines-mh17-ukraine-573x382.jpg 573w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-5567\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo: Rueters<\/p><\/div>\n<p>All 283 passengers and 15 crew members lost their lives that day.<\/p>\n<p>Residents of a village near the crash site reported hearing loud thuds in the fields and in their gardens, then they realized it was the sound of bodies raining down from the sky.<\/p>\n<p>One year later no one has taken responsibility for this horrific act, the grieving families are left without many answers and the war in Easter Ukraine continues its grinding destruction of cities, villages, homes and families.<\/p>\n<p>Unfortunately not much has changed!<\/p>\n<p>Today Ukraine&#8217;s president Petro Poroshenko remembered this tragic loss and promised to seek justice for those who perpetrated this crime.<br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/LQldqVXYd6o?rel=0\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><br \/>\nI do hope that justice will be done and I do pray that the Ukrainian government can somehow bring peace back to Ukraine, but honestly, right\u00a0now that seems very far off.<\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s why ultimately my\u00a0hope is not in Ukraine&#8217;s president or in Ukraine&#8217;s Army but in a stronger\u00a0and more capable leader named Jesus.<\/p>\n<p>Tragic situations like the downing of MH17 remind me of a constant need to go back to Jesus, the only one who can provide us with hope and the promise of a complete victory over all evil.<\/p>\n<p>The downing of MH-17 reminds me of several important truths.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">1. It reminds me of the brevity of life and the importance of choosing every minute and every second wisely for God&#8217;s glory.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">2. It reminds me the all sin and all lawlessness has repercussions far beyond those for immediately involved. (Not a single passenger on MH-17 was from Ukraine.)<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">3. It reminds me that a lack of justice and order of law will destroy any country.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">4. It reminds me of the limitations of human government, it helps me to see beyond the politics and the need for a King of kings and Prince of Peace.<\/p>\n<p>Unfortunately in our culture of levity and entertainment we are often more interested in the social life problems of reality stars then we are in the real-life tragedies of unknown and innocent civilians.<\/p>\n<p>We have become so entwined in our own triviality that it blinds us to the gravity of tragic events like this. Solomon said it well:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning; but the heart of the stupid one is in the house of mirth.<br \/>\n(Ecc 7:4)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>May our hearts be wise today as we mourn for the 298 innocents killed one year ago.<\/p>\n<p>May our hearts be wise as we center our attention and our hope on Jesus, our only true and lasting hope.<\/p>\n<p>Today I&#8217;m taking some time to pray for the victims of MH-17, I&#8217;m also praying for those who committed this crime that they will somehow hear about the forgiveness that Jesus gives and fall on their knees before a holy and just God in repentance.<\/p>\n<h3>I hope you&#8217;ll join me in prayer today for Ukraine, for peace, and the families who are still suffering from this terrorist act.<\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Exactly 1 year ago today terrorists aimed a\u00a0guided surface to air missile at Malaysian Air flight 17 as it crossed the skies of Ukraine.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5567,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[370,193],"tags":[338],"class_list":["post-5565","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-new","category-ukraine-2","tag-ukraine-war"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/sukofamily.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/malaysia-airlines-mh17-ukraine.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3izZc-1rL","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":15802,"url":"https:\/\/sukofamily.org\/russias-blood-day-in-ukraine\/","url_meta":{"origin":5565,"position":0},"title":"Russia&#8217;s Blood Day in Ukraine","author":"Caleb Suko","date":"October 13, 2022","format":"video","excerpt":"October 10, 2022 Russian forces launched over 80 missiles as well as kamikaze drones to strike many civilian targets in Ukraine. 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