There’s been violence and unrest in the aftermath of a disputed presidential election in Kenya. Reporter Scott Baldauf from The Christian Science Monitor provides an update on what’s happening in Kenya now. But is there anything we can do to help?
In “Healing solutions for Kenya,” Christian Science lecturers, Bosede Bakarey and Tom McElroy admit that it’s easy to feel helpless whether you’re affected personally or if you’re thousands of miles away. But they also know that prayer leads to answers for all problems, large and small. Listen in to see how your prayers can make a difference.
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Thank you so much for this podcast! The ideas that you shared are tremendously helpful and a very important reminder of how vital are our prayers for the world. And such love and courage in the face of an armed intruder when the response was, “You cannot do this! I am your sister and you are my brother!”
I am very grateful to all who have shared on this topic and also to the TMC for giving us a chance to share ideas towards a solution for the problem facing our beloved country (Kenya) through the topic “Healing solutions for Kenya”. It is true that Kenya has not been the same since the last general election.
People have lost their lives, thousands have been displaced, and property destroyed. My gratitude today goes to the founder of Christian Science for bringing this truth that has enabled us see the true light through dedicated prayer. I have been praying for Kenyan’s to understand that we all belong to one family because we have one father (God) who loves us all. I would like to share this passage from the book of Malachi (Bible) which has been helpful to me towards the understanding of the Atonement between man and God “…are we not all one father, why do we deal treacherously every man against his brother by confining the covenant of our father?”
God made every thing and behold it was good(Bible). God is Love and from Science and Health we read “Love supports the struggling heart until it ceases to sigh over the world and begins to unfold its wings for heaven” pg 57.
I feel that Kenyan’s need to forgive and love more because evil is absolutely nothing. It is neither a person, a place, nor a thing. Human hate has no legitimate mandate and no kingdom, Love is enthroned. I also love what Mrs. Eddy says in the chapter prayer “God is the same yesterday and today and forever, and who is immutable right will do write without being reminded of His province…His work is already done, and we have only to avail our selves of Gods rules in order to receive His blessings”. God is love, more than this we cannot ask, higher we cannot look, farther we cannot go S&H.
I am glad that Wangari mentions the sweet innocency of the children that she has seen here in Kenya because I see in this a wonderful opportunity for us to learn about its power (innocency). In the wonderful story of Daniel we are told that when Daniel answered the king in the morning he said, “My God hath sent his angel, and hath shut the lions’ mouths, that they have not hurt me: forasmuch as before him innocency was found in me; and also before thee, O king, have I done no hurt.” I believe it was Daniel’s innocency and meekness and unconditional love that the lions were able to sense and feel part of. Animals are all lovely creatures. I remember a few months ago I read a beautiful story in the Christian Science Sentinel of a girl and her python pet. There was a beautiful picture of her and her pet all wrapped up with each other. I was very impressed. It is possible for people to live in harmony especially when they cultivate that innocency of the child. For it is a little child that shall show us the way - lead us, according to the prophet Isaiah. “The wolf also shall dwell with the lamb, and the leopard shall lie down with the kid; and the calf and the young lion and the fatling together; and a little child shall lead them. And the cow and the bear shall feed; their young ones shall lie down together: and the lion shall eat straw like the ox. And the sucking child shall play on the hole of the asp, and the weaned child shall put his hand on the cockatrice’ den. They shall not hurt nor destroy in all my holy mountain: for the earth shall be full of the knowledge of the Lord, as the waters cover the sea.” – Isaiah 11:6-9