Through a Dayquil induced haze I am going to try and write this one, judge lightly please...
"It is this fact that we were created to be free that is the reason that all oppression must ultimately fail. Our freedom does not come from any human being--our freedom comes from God.... People are made for it just as plants tend toward the light and toward water." (G.H.a.D. Tutu, pg. 14-15)
There are people throughout our world who are still struggling for freedom. Do you have faith in their victory? Do you pray for them with confidence? What can you and your community do to help them to be free, to be fully human?
Yes. It will take time and lives will be lost, but ultimately freedom will prevail. My prayers are confident, but cautious as I attempt to discern God's will through the turmoil. Freedom must come from God, not from human desires to replace one dictator with another. I really have no idea, what to do with the situation in Libya or Bahrain, I am not sure how to help without being seen as a Western interloper causing more problems. With the slavery situation in the world, I saw a number the other day estimating the number of slaves still in the world it was shocking, we can inform ourselves, then inform others, then approach the issue together. God does bring freedom, but sometimes God asks us to take up our cross and follow his lead...
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