SWAZILAND
Swaziland. Lord you made such a beautiful piece of land there--mountains of green grasses and gum trees and pine trees and all sizes and shapes of rocks. You made the lovely valleys where the sugarcane and vegetables grow so lush...
But Lord, a closer look reveals a land that is so needy. Life-styles and culture have taken the wonderful people into really hard situations. Their choices have taken their lives to the edge of hell itself. AIDS and poverty and sin are costing lives every moment of every day.
The ones who are the innocent victims of this land are the children. With parents either sick or dead, they look to other relatives for a 'home' but many times finding that no one wants to raise the orphans of AIDS. Some must rummage through the city dump to find food to eat. Other little ones are being tricked into trading their own bodies for a loaf of bread...
Today, Father, we are pleading with you for this beautiful land. For its leaders and teachers and pastors. For all to come to know Jesus Christ. For all to choose to serve you. To care about each other. To care about the little ones.
Touch all those who are giving their lives to take your glorious Gospel to them. Grant them health and wisdom and strength and joy.
Please, God, give us revival in Swaziland.
In Jesus' name,
Amen
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1 comment:
nice picture of Swaziland. It is funny. One might say: that could be anywhere, but yet... there is something different about African landscapes. When I was a teenager I saw a documentary about Zimbabwe, when it was still Rhodesia. What a spectacularly beautiful land, and yet, it could not have been Europe. There is something in the air in Africa (and I have never been there). How is it, that nations that have been so blessed with natural resources are stricken with such poverty? Do you think it may have something to do with the curse God pronounced on Ham?
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