Thursday, August 19, 2010
sabotage
I was just thinking this morning about sabotage. Nice light early morning thinking...i know. oh well. One of the frustrating things I'm finding here is how out of jealous and greed already desperate people are destroyed further. It happens in the macro sense and the micro. Warriors in one tribe raid their neighbors for cattle. Both groups are barely surviving and yet they go after one another and both groups suffer more unnecessarily. And then there's the story of the boy that escaped from the LRA after 6 years of captivity and he goes to find his land, his parents had been killed in front of him so they're not there, his relatives deny him everything, they've already claimed his land and now this one who has suffered years in the LRA now suffers as a homeless orphan on the streets. Then lately there's been jealousy showing its ugly face among some of the children and their families that visit our house. The grandmother of one is accusing the grandchild of the other trying to destroy her reputation among the white people. And I know this sabotage is done in the states too and around the world. Why is it so hard to be happy for others and not want them to get ahead? Why do the poor steal from the poor and ruin any chance of anyone getting ahead? Why do friends break relationship over the other's good fortune? The enemy comes to steal, kill and destroy. We must pray for hearts of love and courage to withstand the attractive allure of the evil one. Oh that Truth would prevail and we would build one another up instead of tear down. That we would be wiser to the enemy's schemes and fight for each other rather than against. Precious Savior have mercy on us.
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2 comments:
Good insights, Beckie. So glad that you included the following: "And I know this sabotage is done in the states too and around the world." I used to think that the US was a really, really good, moral country and that places like Uganda were way over on the other side - corrupt, greedy, etc. Now I see everyone pretty close together on the same line, with some a little healthier, and some a little worse off in these areas.
And these things look different in different places. In Uganda some of it is more out in the open, as you described. In the US it's more hidden, more hypocritical perhaps. I just read of Milwaukee businessmen who drive into the city from the suburbs, all dressed in their suits, and on the way, pay $5 to have sex with (rape) underaged girls.
Keep up the great work, Beckie.
Beckie,
wow, you hit the nail on the head. My heart goes out to you as you make a dent in the overall problem of sin in the world. God is smiling on you. Love ya kiddo!
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