SO well said, SuziQ! God loves every person but He has, nevertheless, created hell for those who will not bow to His Son and ask forgiveness in this life. He still will love them when they are in hell. It's an aspect of His love that is difficult for my mind to grasp. The closest I come to it is remembering how much I loved my son when he disobeyed. His actions did not change the fact that I still loved him. And while I would still punish him for disobedience, I always worked to bring him back into right fellowship between us at such times.
McLynnan, I discovered something about the awesome God that has helped me to walk in His ways. When His Word demands some action of me that I know I'm not capable of doing, if I ask Him to give me the grace to obey His Word, He changes my heart to obey His Word. He changes me at the level of my motivations, by His grace. He knows I can't love these murderers, but He knows I can let Him love them through me until He has changed my heart enough that I could honestly say I love them with His love (not there yet). Even were I in that place today, I would also do all in my power to see that they were brought to justice.
Thanks, Gretchen. I think my problem is that I don't want my heart changed in this matter so I will have to work on that.