"...Most Jordanians wouldn't dream of ripping off a foreigner, with the possible exception of taxi drivers," thus says the Lonely Planet guide.

Indeed, the taxi drivers are notoriously dishonest, and I can attest to the above statement from first hand experience. But regarding the other Jordanians......

The border was being bombed, and people killed, just as I was crossing it.

They live in constant danger, not knowing if they can see their beloved ones the next morning.

Yet, they're high-spirited, and not in despair. They love their land, and refuse to give up hope.

However, how many of us would care? The news of the stock markets fills the front pages.

And on the day we come before the throne of God, how should we answer to His inquiries?

Deliver those being taken away to death,
and hold back those slipping to the slaughter.
If you say, “But we did not know about this,”
does not the one who evaluates hearts consider?
Does not the one who guards your life know?
Will he not repay each person according to his deeds?
- Proverbs 24:11-12

Question: What does the swine flu have anything to do in Egypt? Afterall, Muslims (of which about 90% of the Egyptians are considered one) are forbidden to consume pork.

The (short) answer is: It made the streets dirtier.

Some time ago, a letter on my church's notice board grabbed my attention, it's from a local organization refuting claims by a certain person named Randall Price, that the organization’s claim of successfully finding Noah's Ark was probably a hoax, and at the same time discounting the local Christian newspaper from reporting the news "without factual checks", then accused both of them of slandering in the final stroke.

If only God would publish His judgment on this matter on the newspaper.