Matthew 5:44 But I say to you, love your enemies, bless those who curse you, do good to those who hate you, and pray for those who spitefully use you and persecute you
She had to flee her home when ISIS began an invasion and now lives in an unfinished mall in northern Iraq.
Yet little Myriam is thanking God for a place to live and her heart is full of forgiveness for those who destroyed her old life and killed dozens of her friends.
An Arabic Christian network interviewed children living in the Ainkawa Mall’s refugee camp about their lives since they had to flee ISIS.
“We used to have a house and were entertained, where as here we are not,” Myriam said. “But thank God. God provides for us.”
“God loves us and wouldn’t let ISIS kill us,” she explained.
The reporter covering the story asked Myriam what she would do if she had the power to take action against the terrorists that destroyed her home.
“I won’t do anything to them,” Myriam asserted. “I will only ask God to forgive them.”
Other children told the reporter they missed their schools and their churches. All of them made similar statement: “Jesus will be with us no matter where we go.”
