Its been 31 days since a bunch of cowards invaded a secondary school in Chibok, Borno State and abducted young school girls. Your guess is as good as mine as to the fate of these children. Our nation grieves at this atrocity and I too feel grief. I feel pained, i feel hurt, I feel betrayed by our government and I feel lost and hopeless sometimes.
But I take comfort in one fact, Jesus is with us all. Even now, he is with all those wherever they may be. And he is not hopeless or lost. In his capacity as God and Lord of time; outside of time knowing the end from the beginnning, he knows just how this whole thing is going to end; in glory and redemption. But he's also in our time, living and experiencing now with us and he feels appropriately for now. He is not in the sky looking smug and wondering why we are all sad. He feels just as we feel, he is also saddened and distressed by this and many incidents such as this. He knows the pain the mothers of those girls feel, and he feels it too.
So I pray. That our Father might cause heaven and earth to move in order to bring our girls back. That the God of all comfort may comfort them with the comfort and joy unspeakable that he alone can give. That the Holy Spirit may grant us all comfort in our grief, and that we may be able to grab hold of the faith of Jesus. knowing that somehow, some way, it will all end well, if not now, at the end of this age
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