As I prayed for my son, I saw that according to our Master's prayer, "Thy kingdom come" could be seen as both a petition for an awareness of God's kingdom within and an acknowledgment that it is here.
One
of the ironies of modern times is that while residents of Zaire in Africa were struggling with the fear and horror of a deadly virus, people in other places could suffer vicariously by reading The Hot Zone or viewing films like Outbreak.
I insisted that racial and sexual stereotypes have no validity and no place in God's creation; none of His children could be deceived or deprived by them.
We
can certainly rejoice when we see laws enacted that help improve society, that gradually provide more security and safety to all, justice to the accused and protection to the innocent.