Jewish hostages held by Arab terrorists at Entebbe Airport, Uganda, were rescued by Israeli commando units in 1976.
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In the future, says the prophet Isaiah, we will be consoled. Doubly consoled.
Because true consolation does not mean the anger and the wrath have passed, and now we can come out of hiding.
True consolation does not mean that everything is healed and now we are back together.
True consolation means to truly know that the anger and the wrath were nothing less than passionate, deep love, that all our troubles were really achieving something, something wondrous beyond our imagination. That it was all worthwhile, really worthwhile.
In true consolation, we look back and we can no longer find anything for which we must be consoled.
One day, we will find only joy and laughter.