Day 6

My apologies for the late post, fell asleep at 7 pm and woke up at 6.30 am today but back to the topic lest we digress. Today’s prayer focus will be on the world as a whole.

One click on the latest news and one will not find it hard to see that the world is in trouble, from the war in Afghanistan to the Israeli abuse issues during the Gaza conflict; from US-Iranian tension to rejected leadership in Madagascar. The news just seems to be depressing no matter how we look at it. Some may argue that the media have a tendency to exaggerate issues and make things look worse than they are, but face it guys, we live in trouble times.

As Disciples of Christ, our job is not to mop around whining and worrying about how bad the times are but to accept all these issues and God’s supreme authority over such issues. While such issues seem to be so far away in the other side of the world, while we lack the maturity to empathize with such situations, I urge you, brothers and sisters, to pray for them. Pray for peaceful resolutions, for soothing to go to the wounded etc.

With that being said, even as I look at such news going around the world, it is painful to see how desensitized we have become. Bogged down by our own troubles with workload, personal issues, we like to very much careless about the world when our own little worlds are in trouble too. More often than not, we wonder what ourselves, as individuals; can do to such a large world. Distracted by our own issues, hindered by our own weaknesses, blinded by our ignorance, we tend to just not want to care about the world.

Recently, as I was discussing about the issues regarding the school, I was reminded once again by God, that we need more than just awareness to these troubling issues or sympathy for the suffering that goes around, but empathy for the pain that they go through. Loving thy neighbour as thyself starts with understanding the pains and troubles that our neighbours goes through. We are truly blessed as we live in a peaceful country, enrolled ourselves in a beautiful school, but let’s not be distracted by our own lives to care about the suffering that is happening around the world.

I apologize once again, for the lateness of this post and thank you again for praying. So go pray, for there’s much to pray about……

The retard that sleeps too much,
Zhan Feng